§ 422. Statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment. 1.\nThere shall be established in the office of children and family services\na statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment reports\nmade pursuant to this title.\n 2. * (a) The central register shall be capable of receiving telephone\ncalls alleging child abuse or maltreatment and of immediately\nidentifying prior reports of child abuse or maltreatment and capable of\nmonitoring the provision of child protective service twenty-four hours a\nday, seven days a week. To effectuate this purpose, but subject to the\nprovisions of the appropriate local plan for the provision of child\nprotective services, there shall be a single statewide telephone number\nthat all persons, whether mandated by the law or not, may use to make\ntelephone calls alleging child abuse or maltreatment and that all\npersons so authorized by this title may use for determining the\nexistence of prior reports in order to evaluate the condition or\ncircumstances of a child. In addition to the single statewide telephone\nnumber, there shall be a special unlisted express telephone number and a\ntelephone facsimile number for use only by persons mandated by law to\nmake telephone calls, or to transmit telephone facsimile information on\na form provided by the commissioner of children and family services,\nalleging child abuse or maltreatment, and for use by all persons so\nauthorized by this title for determining the existence of prior reports\nin order to evaluate the condition or circumstances of a child. When any\nallegations contained in such telephone calls could reasonably\nconstitute a report of child abuse or maltreatment, after utilizing\nprotocols that would reduce implicit bias from the decision-making\nprocess, such allegations and any previous reports to the central\nregistry involving the subject of such report or children named in such\nreport, including any previous report containing allegations of child\nabuse and maltreatment alleged to have occurred in other counties and\ndistricts in New York state shall be immediately transmitted orally or\nelectronically by the office of children and family services to the\nappropriate local child protective service for investigation. The\ninability of the person calling the register to identify the alleged\nperpetrator shall, in no circumstance, constitute the sole cause for the\nregister to reject such allegation or fail to transmit such allegation\nfor investigation. If the records indicate a previous report concerning\na subject of the report, the child alleged to be abused or maltreated, a\nsibling, other children in the household, other persons named in the\nreport or other pertinent information, the appropriate local child\nprotective service shall be immediately notified of the fact. If the\nreport involves either (i) an allegation of an abused child described in\nparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of subdivision (e) of section one thousand\ntwelve of the family court act or sexual abuse of a child or the death\nof a child or (ii) suspected maltreatment which alleges any physical\nharm when the report is made by a person required to report pursuant to\nsection four hundred thirteen of this title within six months of any\nother two reports that were indicated, or may still be pending,\ninvolving the same child, sibling, or other children in the household or\nthe subject of the report, the office of children and family services\nshall identify the report as such and note any prior reports when\ntransmitting the report to the local child protective services for\ninvestigation.\n * NB Effective until June 17, 2026\n * (a) The central register shall be capable of receiving telephone\ncalls alleging child abuse or maltreatment and of immediately\nidentifying prior reports of child abuse or maltreatment and capable of\nmonitoring the provision of child protective service twenty-four hours a\nday, seven days a week. To effectuate
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