2012 New York Consolidated Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - CHILDREN
Title 6 - (411 - 428) CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
426 - Annual reports.

 
    * §  426. Annual reports. The commissioner shall prepare for inclusion
  in the annual report required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of
  this chapter to be filed with the governor and the legislature prior  to
  December fifteenth of each year, a report on the operations of the state
  central  register  of child abuse and maltreatment and the various local
  child protective services. The report shall include a  full  statistical
  analysis  of  the  reports  made to the central register together with a
  report on the implementation of this title, his evaluation  of  services
  offered  under  this  chapter  and  his  recommendations  for additional
  legislation to fulfill the purposes of this  title.  Such  report  shall
  indicate  the  number  of child abuse and maltreatment reports and cases
  received  by  the  statewide  central  register  of  child   abuse   and
  maltreatment  by each district in the preceding year, the number of such
  cases determined to have been indicated and the  number  of  such  cases
  determined  to  be unfounded by each district in the preceding year, the
  number of such cases which have not been indicated or  unfounded  within
  the  time  period  required by subdivision seven of section four hundred
  twenty-four of this chapter by each district in the preceding  year  and
  the  number  of workers assigned to the child protective service in each
  district in the preceding year. The report shall also  contain  data  on
  the   protection   of  children  in  residential  care  from  abuse  and
  maltreatment, including reports received, results of  investigations  by
  types  of  facilities and programs, types of corrective action taken, as
  well as efforts undertaken by the department, the division for youth and
  the state education department to provide training pursuant to standards
  established by section four hundred sixty-two of this  chapter,  section
  five  hundred  one  of the executive law and sections forty-four hundred
  three, forty-three hundred fourteen, forty-three hundred fifty-eight and
  forty-two hundred twelve of the education law.
    * NB Effective until June 30, 2013
    * § 426. Annual reports. The commissioner shall prepare for  inclusion
  in the annual report required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of
  this  chapter to be filed with the governor and the legislature prior to
  December fifteenth of each year, a report on the operations of the state
  central register of child abuse and maltreatment and the  various  local
  child  protective  services. The report shall include a full statistical
  analysis of the reports made to the central  register  together  with  a
  report  on  the  implementation  of this title, his or her evaluation of
  services offered under this chapter and his or her  recommendations  for
  additional  legislation  to  fulfill  the  purposes  of this title. Such
  report shall indicate the number of child abuse and maltreatment reports
  and cases received by the statewide central register of child abuse  and
  maltreatment  by each district in the preceding year, the number of such
  cases determined to have been indicated and the  number  of  such  cases
  determined  to  be unfounded by each district in the preceding year, the
  number of such cases which have not been indicated or  unfounded  within
  the  time  period  required by subdivision seven of section four hundred
  twenty-four of this article by each district in the preceding  year  and
  the  number  of workers assigned to the child protective service in each
  district in the preceding year.
    * NB Effective June 30, 2013 until January 1, 2014
    * § 426. Annual reports. The commissioner shall prepare for  inclusion
  in the annual report required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of
  this  chapter to be filed with the governor and the legislature prior to
  December fifteenth of each year, a report on the operations of the state
  central register of child abuse and maltreatment and the  various  local
  child  protective  services. The report shall include a full statistical
  analysis of the reports made to the central  register  together  with  a

  report  on  the  implementation  of this title, his or her evaluation of
  services offered under this chapter and his or her  recommendations  for
  additional  legislation  to  fulfill  the  purposes  of this title. Such
  report shall indicate the number of child abuse and maltreatment reports
  and  cases received by the statewide central register of child abuse and
  maltreatment by each district in the preceding year, the number of  such
  cases  determined  to  have  been indicated and the number of such cases
  determined to be unfounded by each district in the preceding  year,  the
  number  of  such cases which have not been indicated or unfounded within
  the time period required by subdivision seven of  section  four  hundred
  twenty-four  of  this article by each district in the preceding year and
  the number of workers assigned to the child protective service  in  each
  district  in  the preceding year. Such report shall include, among other
  information, available demographic information and available information
  concerning the racial and ethnic characteristics of the  family  members
  and  persons  served  by  the  differential response program pursuant to
  section four hundred twenty-seven-a of the social services law, as  well
  as    available   information   concerning   the   racial   and   ethnic
  characteristics of the family members and  persons  serviced  under  the
  traditional  child  protective  services  program,  in each local social
  services district in the state.
    * NB Effective January 1, 2014