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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 21, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A2896
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CLARK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
William Scarborough
Annette Robinson
Karim Camara
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Carl Heastie
Marcus Molinaro
Amy Paulin
2011-A2896 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A2896 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the court to approve a petition by or agreement with a social services official for temporary placement based on child service needs for the provision of necessary services for the child's emotional, behavioral or mental disorder, or mental or physical disability, without the transfer of custody; provides that the social services official shall maintain the care and custody for the child; provides that a social services official may accept a temporary placement of a child for the provision of necessary services for a child's emotional, behavioral or mental disorder, or mental or physical disability, without the transfer of custody, provided that the social services official shall maintain responsibility for the care and custody of the child; provides that the office of children and family services shall amend its internal policies, make every effort to ensure adherence to the provisions of this act
2011-A2896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2896 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 21, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, SCARBOROUGH, ROBINSON, CAMARA -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, HEASTIE, MOLINARO, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the out-of-home placement of certain children with disabilities or disorders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 358-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: (G) THE COURT MAY APPROVE A PETITION BY OR AGREEMENT WITH A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL FOR TEMPORARY PLACEMENT BASED ON CHILD SERVICE NEEDS FOR THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY SERVICES FOR THE CHILD'S EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL DISORDER, OR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, WITHOUT THE TRANSFER OF CUSTODY, WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFI- CIAL SHALL MAINTAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLACEMENT AND CARE OF THE CHILD. THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL BE ASSIGNED OVERALL RESPONSI- BILITY FOR PLACEMENT AND CARE OF THE CHILD, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EITHER THE ACTUAL OR ACTIVE SUPERVISION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL CASE PLAN FOR THE CHILD, PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE CASE PLAN AND REVIEW OF THE APPROPRIATENESS AND SUITABILITY OF THE PLAN AND PLACEMENT, AND ENSURING THAT PROPER CARE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO FACILITATE RETURN TO THE CHILD'S HOME OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE PERMANENT PLACEMENT, ALL IN ADHERENCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL RULES, REGULATIONS AND POLICY INTER- PRETATIONS. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 384-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows: (I) A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL MAY ACCEPT A TEMPORARY PLACEMENT OF A CHILD FOR THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY SERVICES FOR THE CHILD'S EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL DISORDER, OR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, WITHOUT THE TRANSFER OF CUSTODY, PROVIDED THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL SHALL MAINTAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLACEMENT AND CARE OF THE CHILD. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06571-01-1
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