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NY A04703
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joe Sempolinski
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AI Summary
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Amends Family Court Act section 1046 to explicitly state that social worker-client privilege cannot be used to exclude otherwise admissible evidence in court hearings to secure orders of protection
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Updates statutory language by replacing "husband and wife" with "spouses" to reflect gender-neutral terminology for spousal privilege
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Applies to child protective proceedings and permanency hearings involving children placed outside their homes
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Takes effect 90 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Clarifies that in child protective proceedings and permanency hearings for children placed out of their homes, the social worker-client privilege shall not be a ground for excluding evidence in a hearing to secure an order of protection.
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/7/2026