New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter C - Social Services
Article 5 - Adult and Family Services
Part 466 - Implementation And Administration Of The Connections System
Section 466.5 - Sealing and expungement of information
Current through Register 47, No. 25, June 25, 2025
(a) All individual identifiable information regarding a child and/or family receiving preventive services that are not provided in conjunction with or in addition to child protective, foster care or adoption services must be expunged from the CONNECTIONS system six years after the 18th birthday of the youngest child in the family.
(b) All individual identifiable information regarding a child and/or family receiving child protective services is subject to the sealing and expungement standards set forth in sections 422 (5), 422 (6) and 422 (8) of the Social Services Law and section 432.9 of this Title.
(c) The expungement of individual identifiable information from the CONNECTIONS system includes the elimination of the electronic data and information from the electronic system or the elimination of the electronic data required to access such information.
