NY A07348

Changes notice language from "the report" to "any report" made to the state central register, and specifies reports are retained when the court makes a finding of abuse or neglect rather than when a petition is based on the report

Requires reports to remain "indicated in the register" for ten years after the eighteenth birthday of the youngest child named, unless the finding is vacated or dismissed

Adds that respondents cannot amend reports in the state central register and specifies that neglect findings shall be legally sealed eight years after the report is made unless sealed earlier in an administrative proceeding

Expands notification to employers screening applicants for positions with regular and substantial contact with children (not limited to child care field) and to child care agencies when respondent applies to become a foster or adoptive parent

Takes effect sixty days after becoming law