§ 422-a. Child abuse and neglect investigations; disclosure. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, the\ncommissioner or a city or county social services commissioner may\ndisclose information regarding the abuse or maltreatment of a child as\nset forth in this section, and the investigation thereof and any\nservices related thereto if he or she determines that such disclosure\nshall not be contrary to the best interests of the child, the child's\nsiblings or other children in the household and any one of the following\nfactors are present:\n (a) the subject of the report has been charged in an accusatory\ninstrument with committing a crime related to a report maintained in the\nstatewide central register; or\n (b) the investigation of the abuse or maltreatment of the child by the\nlocal child protective service or the provision of services by such\nservice has been publicly disclosed in a report required to be disclosed\nin the course of their official duties, by a law enforcement agency or\nofficial, a district attorney, any other state or local investigative\nagency or official or by judge of the unified court system; or\n (c) there has been a prior knowing, voluntary, public disclosure by an\nindividual concerning a report of child abuse or maltreatment in which\nsuch individual is named as the subject of the report as defined by\nsubdivision four of section four hundred twelve of this title; or\n (d) the child named in the report has died or the report involves the\nnear fatality of a child. For the purposes of this section, "near\nfatality" means an act that results in the child being placed, as\ncertified by a physician, in serious or critical condition.\n 2. For the purposes of this section, the following information may be\ndisclosed:\n (a) the name of the abused or maltreated child;\n (b) the determination by the local child protective service or the\nstate agency which investigated the report and the findings of the\napplicable investigating agency upon which such determination was based;\n (c) identification of child protective or other services provided or\nactions, if any, taken regarding the child named in the report and his\nor her family as a result of any such report or reports;\n (d) whether any report of abuse or maltreatment regarding such child\nhas been "indicated" as maintained by the statewide central register;\n (e) any actions taken by the local child protective service and the\nlocal social services district in response to reports of abuse or\nmaltreatment of the child to the statewide central register including\nbut not limited to actions taken after each and every report of abuse or\nmaltreatment of such child and the dates of such reports;\n (f) whether the child or the child's family has received care or\nservices from the local social services district prior to each and every\nreport of abuse or maltreatment of such child;\n (g) any extraordinary or pertinent information concerning the\ncircumstances of the abuse or maltreatment of the child and the\ninvestigation thereof, where the commissioner or the local commissioner\ndetermines such disclosure is consistent with the public interest.\n 3. Information may be disclosed pursuant to this section as follows:\n (a) information released prior to the completion of the investigation\nof a report shall be limited to a statement that a report is "under\ninvestigation";\n (b) when there has been a prior disclosure pursuant to paragraph (a)\nof this subdivision, information released in a case in which the report\nhas been unfounded shall be limited to the statement that "the\ninvestigation has been completed, and the report has been unfounded";\n (c) if the report has been "indicated" then information may be\nreleased pursuant to subdivision two of this section.\n 4. Any disclosure of information pursuant to this section shall be\nconsistent with the provisions of subdivision two of this section. Such\ndi
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