N.Y. Social Services Law Section 426
Annual reports


The commissioner shall prepare for inclusion in the annual report required by subdivision (d) of § 17 (Powers and duties of the commissioner)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 § 424 (Duties of the child protective service concerning reports of abuse or maltreatment)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 Social Services Law § 427-A (Differential response programs for child protection assessments or investigations)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.

Source: Section 426 — Annual reports, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/SOS/426 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 426’s source at nysenate​.gov

Link Style