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New Child Abuse Reporting Law Requires Direct Notification

January 2, 2008

Mandated reporters of child abuse in New York State, including school personnel, must now directly report suspicions of child abuse to the Statewide Central Register for Child Abuse and Maltreatment, rather than rely on a head of school, principal or supervisor to do so. Governor Spitzer recently signed into law legislation that alters certain aspects of the State Social Services Law (SSL) relating to the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.