Amd §421, Soc Serv L; amd §5, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.2295 & A.5206)
Requires the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations for training requirements for child protective services workers assigned to a multidisciplinary investigative team; amends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9492
SPONSOR: Reyes TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to training
requirements for certain child protective services workers; and to amend
a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the executive law relating to
requisite training instruction for police officers for crimes involving
sexual assaults, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2295 and A.
5206, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to make clarifying amendments to Chapter 632
of the laws of 2025, relating to training requirements for child protec-
tive services workers and police offers for crimes involving sexual
assaults.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill would amend the closing paragraph of subdivision 3
of section 421 of the social services law to clarify that the regu-
lations promulgated by the office of children and family services
related to training requirements for child protective services workers
shall be consistent with the requirements for child protective service
workers assigned to multidisciplinary investigative teams.
Section 2 of the bill would add a new paragraph to subdivision 5 of
section 421 of the social services law requiring the office of children
and family services to promulgate regulations setting forth training
requirements for child protective workers assigned to a multidiscipli-
nary investigative team including appropriate techniques for investigat-
ing reports of sexual abuse and requirements for ongoing training.
Section 3 of the bill would amend the effective date of Chapter 632 of
the laws of 2025 from ninety days to one year after it shall have become
law.
Section 4 of the bill would set the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Over the past ten years the legislature has enacted over 100 new tough-
en-crime laws which have helped reduce New York's crime rate by on sexu-
al offenders including the landmark Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2000
and successive improvements to the State Sex Offender Registration Act
(Megan's Law).
Chapter 632 of the laws of 2025 was enacted to build on these founda-
tions by enacting into law requirements for training programs that seek
to help those who have been victimized by sexual assault.
This bill would make amendments to a Chapter of the laws of 2025 to
clarify the training requirements for child protective services workers
and police offers for crimes involving sexual assaults.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None noted.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that sections
one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the executive law
relating to requisite training instruction for police officers for
crimes involving sexual assaults, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 2295 and A. 5206, takes effect.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9492
IN ASSEMBLY
January 7, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to training
requirements for certain child protective services workers; and to
amend a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the executive law relat-
ing to requisite training instruction for police officers for crimes
involving sexual assaults, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
2295 and A. 5206, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 421 of
2 the social services law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2025
3 amending the executive law relating to requisite training instruction
4 for police officers for crimes involving sexual assaults, as proposed in
5 legislative bills numbers S. 2295 and A. 5206, is amended to read as
6 follows:
7 The office of children and family services shall promulgate regu-
8 lations to establish [standards for the development of a] training
9 [curriculum] requirements for child protective services workers [which
10 teaches appropriate investigatory techniques for reports of sexual abuse
11 and mandates on-going training for child protective services workers]
12 consistent with subdivision five of this section, standards for inter-
13 vention, criteria for case closings, criteria for determining whether or
14 not to initiate a child protective proceeding, and criteria for the
15 formulation of treatment plans and for the delivery of child protective
16 services including specification of the services to be classified as
17 child protective services, which shall also apply to any society for the
18 prevention of cruelty to children which has entered into a currently
19 valid contract with a local department of social services to investigate
20 child abuse or maltreatment reports. The office of children and family
21 services shall promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards and
22 practices for the delivery of child protective services in connection
23 with monitoring and supervising respondents and their families as
24 ordered by a family court pursuant to section ten hundred thirty-nine
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 and paragraphs (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) of subdivision (a) of section
2 ten hundred fifty-two of the family court act. Such regulations shall
3 also require local child protective services to comply with notification
4 requirements of the family court act in connection with such monitoring
5 and supervisory responsibilities.
6 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 421 of the social services law is
7 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
8 (e) promulgate regulations setting forth training requirements for
9 child protective services workers assigned to a multidisciplinary inves-
10 tigative team established pursuant to subdivision six of section four
11 hundred twenty-three of this title, which shall include appropriate
12 techniques for investigating reports of sexual abuse and requirements
13 for ongoing training.
14 § 3. Section 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the executive
15 law relating to requisite training instruction for police officers for
16 crimes involving sexual assaults, as proposed in legislative bills
17 numbers S. 2295 and A. 5206, is amended to read as follows:
18 § 5. This act shall take effect [on the ninetieth day] one year after
19 it shall have become a law.
20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
21 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and
22 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the execu-
23 tive law relating to requisite training instruction for police officers
24 for crimes involving sexual assaults, as proposed in legislative bills
25 numbers S. 2295 and A. 5206, takes effect.
