Assembly Bill A4989

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Expands the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4989 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S62
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง532-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9804, S6615
2017-2018: A2662, S277
2019-2020: A3619, S1481

2015-A4989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth.

2015-A4989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4989

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding  the  duties
  of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay,
  bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 532-e of the executive law, as amended  by  chapter
182 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
  S 532-e. Powers  and  duties  of  the  office  of  children and family
services. The office of children and family services shall:    [(a)]  1.
visit,  inspect  and make periodic reports on the operation and adequacy
of approved runaway programs and transitional independent living support
programs;
  [(b)] 2. certify residential  facilities  providing  care  to  runaway
and/or homeless youth, provided, however, that no certification shall be
issued  or  renewed until it can be demonstrated that a program operated
pursuant to this article  has  consistent  with  appropriate  collective
bargaining  agreements  and  applicable  provisions of the civil service
law, developed and implemented a procedure for reviewing and  evaluating
the  backgrounds  of and the information supplied by any person applying
to be an employee, volunteer or consultant, which shall include but  not
be  limited to the following requirements: that the applicants set forth
his or her employment history, provide personal  and  employment  refer-
ences  and  sign  a sworn statement indicating whether the applicant, to
the best of his or her knowledge, has ever been convicted of a crime  in
this state or any other jurisdiction;
  [(c)]  3.  maintain  a  register of approved runaway programs, transi-
tional independent living support  programs  and  runaway  and  homeless
youth service coordinators;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01396-01-5

              

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