Int. No. 1609-A
By Council Members Salamanca, Rosenthal, Levin, Gentile, Kallos and Menchaca
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the administration for children’s services to report annually on the aggregate findings and recommendations of its child fatality review
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 9 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-915 to read as follows:
§ 21-915 Annual report regarding child fatality review aggregate findings and recommendations. No later than June 1, 2018, and no later than 18 months after the end of each calendar year thereafter, ACS shall publish and make available on its website a report on the findings and recommendations of its child fatality reviews during the previous calendar year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(i) the number of fatalities of children known to ACS for the previous year;
(ii) the cause of death in such fatalities;
(iii) the age, gender, race and ethnicity of children with fatalities for the previous year;
(iv) any relevant trends identified and systemic recommendations, including opportunities for inter-agency collaboration; and
(v) a summary of any case practice findings and agency policy changes made in response to child fatalities in the previous 12 months.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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11/29/2017 12:39 PM