2012 New York Consolidated Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - CHILDREN
Title 6 - (411 - 428) CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
424-B - Children in the care of certain public and private agencies.

 
    * §  424-b.  Children  in  the  care  of  certain  public  and private
  agencies.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of  law,  when  a
  report  of  child abuse or maltreatment involves a child being cared for
  in a home operated or supervised by an authorized agency, the office  of
  children  and  family services, or an office of the department of mental
  hygiene, such report shall be accepted and maintained by the  office  of
  children  and  family services and shall be referred for the purposes of
  conducting an investigation to the appropriate staff within  the  office
  of  children  and  family  services  or  the  appropriate  office of the
  department of mental hygiene, where the child is in  the  care  of  such
  agency;  and  where  the child is in a home operated or supervised by an
  authorized agency, to the social services district wherein such home  is
  located.  The agency or social services district receiving such referral
  shall  undertake  an  appropriate  investigation  of  the   report,   in
  accordance  with  the terms and conditions set forth in subdivisions one
  through eight of section four hundred twenty-four-c of this  title.  Any
  person  who  is alleged to have abused or maltreated a child in a report
  accepted and referred pursuant to this section  shall  be  accorded  the
  procedural  rights  set  forth in section four hundred twenty-two and in
  subdivision six of section  four  hundred  twenty-four  of  this  title.
  Nothing  in  this section shall impose any duty or responsibility on any
  child protective service pursuant to section  four  hundred  twenty-two,
  four hundred twenty-four or any other provision of this article.
    * NB Effective until June 30, 2013
    * §  424-b.  Children  in  the  care  of  certain  public  and private
  agencies.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of  law,  when  a
  report  of  child abuse or maltreatment involves a child being cared for
  in a home operated or supervised by an authorized agency or  the  office
  of  children  and  family  services,  such  report shall be accepted and
  maintained by the office of children and family services  and  shall  be
  referred  for  the  purposes  of  conducting  an  investigation  to  the
  appropriate staff within the office  of  children  and  family  services
  where the child is in the care of such agency; and where the child is in
  a  home  operated  or  supervised by an authorized agency, to the social
  services district wherein such home is located.  The  office  or  social
  services district receiving such referral shall undertake an appropriate
  investigation of the report, in accordance with the terms and conditions
  set  forth  in  this  title. Any person who is alleged to have abused or
  maltreated a child in a report accepted and referred  pursuant  to  this
  section  shall  be  accorded  the procedural rights set forth in section
  four hundred twenty-two and in subdivision six of section  four  hundred
  twenty-four of this title. Nothing in this section shall impose any duty
  or  responsibility  on  any child protective service pursuant to section
  four hundred twenty-two, four hundred twenty-four or any other provision
  of this article.
    * NB Effective June 30, 2013