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Jun 03, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S8046
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S8046 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Children And Families
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §390-e, Soc Serv L; amd §837, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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2009-S8046 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8046 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law and the executive law, in relation to the provision of criminal history background checks free of charge to mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations PURPOSE: To direct the Division of Criminal Justice Services to provide criminal background checks to non-profit mentoring programs free of charge. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends subdivision 4 of section 390-e of the social services law as well as subdivision 8-a of section 837 of the executive law to allow not- for-profit mentoring programs to avoid the processing fee for a criminal background check. EXISTING LAW: None. JUSTIFICATION: Youth mentoring programs provide a needed service in our communities. They match troubled or at-risk young people with positive adult role models in long-term mentoring friendships for the purpose of guiding
2009-S8046 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8046 I N S E N A T E June 3, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law and the executive law, in relation to the provision of criminal history background checks free of charge to mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corpo- rations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 390-e of the social services law, as added by chapter 459 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 4. Every mentoring program that chooses to apply for a criminal histo- ry background check with the division of criminal justice services shall obtain a set of fingerprints from each individual for whom a criminal background check is to be completed and such other information as is required by the office and the division of criminal justice services. For each prospective employee or mentor for whom the mentoring program completes a criminal background check, the mentoring program shall provide the applicant with blank fingerprint cards and a description of how the completed fingerprint card will be used upon submission to the mentoring program. The mentoring program shall promptly transmit such fingerprint card and the processing fee to the office; PROVIDED, HOWEV- ER, IF THE MENTORING PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPO- RATION, NO PROCESSING FEE SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK. The office shall promptly submit the fingerprint card and the processing fee, IF imposed pursuant to subdivision eight-a of section eight hundred thirty-seven of the executive law, to the division of criminal justice services for its full search and retain processing. S 2. Subdivision 8-a of section 837 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 561 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 8-a. Charge a fee when, pursuant to statute or the regulations of the division, it conducts a search of its criminal history records and returns a report thereon in connection with an application for employ- ment or for a license or permit. The division shall adopt and may, from EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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