2015 New York 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 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.