STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8049 IN SENATE January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to extending time frames for updated mandated reporter training The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 413 of the social services law, as 2 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the social services 3 law relating to updating the mandated reporter training to include how 4 to identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or devel- 5 opmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6463-A 6 and A. 7366, is amended to read as follows: 7 6. The office of children and family services shall update training 8 issued to persons and officials required to report cases of suspected 9 child abuse or maltreatment to include guidance on identifying an abused 10 or maltreated child when such child is an individual with an intellectu- 11 al or developmental disability as defined in section 1.03 of the mental 12 hygiene law. Such guidance shall be developed in consultation with the 13 justice center for the protection of people with special needs. Persons 14 and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or 15 maltreatment shall have [one year] two years from the effective date of 16 this subdivision to receive such updated mandated reporter training. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 18 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the social services law 19 relating to updating the mandated reporter training to include how to 20 identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or devel- 21 opmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6463-A 22 and A. 7366, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10847-06-4