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Senate Bill S5331
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 22nd 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
2015-S5331 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9992
- Current Committee:
- Senate Children And Families
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1017, 1055 & 1089, rpld §1055 sub (b) ¶(i) sub¶ (E), Fam Ct Act; amd §358-a, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S4081, A2599
2017-2018: S4763, A7558
2019-2020: S6215
2015-S5331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5331 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the family court act and the social services law, in relation to notice of indicated reports of child maltreatment and changes of placement in child protective and voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings; and to repeal certain provisions of the family court act, in relation to technical changes thereto This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of her Family Court Advisory and Rules Committee. This measure would amend provisions of the Family Court Act and the Social Services Law to ensure that parties to child protective and voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings and the attorneys for affected children are promptly informed of any changes in placement and of any indicated reports of maltreatment that may warrant court intervention. Reflecting a pronounced legislative trend at both Federal and State levels, the ongoing oversight responsibility of the Family Court with respect to children in foster care has increased sharply in the past two decades, culminating in passage of the Federal Adoption and Safe Fami- lies Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), its state implementing legislation (L.1999, c. 7), the landmark New York State permanency law (L.2005, c.
2015-S5331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5331 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis- tration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the family court act and the social services law, in relation to notice of indicated reports of child maltreatment and changes of placement in child protective and voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings; and to repeal certain provisions of the family court act, in relation to technical changes thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1017 of the family court act is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. IN ANY CASE IN WHICH AN ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE REMANDING OR PLACING A CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY CHARGED WITH CUSTODY OR CARE OF THE CHILD SHALL REPORT ANY ANTICIPATED CHANGE IN PLACEMENT TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARTIES AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD NOT LATER THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH CHANGE IN ANY CASE IN WHICH THE CHILD IS MOVED FROM THE FOSTER HOME OR PROGRAM INTO WHICH HE OR SHE HAS BEEN PLACED OR IN WHICH THE FOSTER PARENTS MOVE OUT OF STATE WITH THE CHILD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE OF PLACEMENT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS IS REQUIRED, THE REPORT SHALL BE TRANSMITTED NO LATER THAN THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER SUCH CHANGE IN PLACEMENT HAS BEEN MADE. THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY SHALL ALSO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARTIES AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD OR INCLUDE IN THE PLACEMENT CHANGE REPORT ANY INDICATED REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT OR CONCERNING THE CHILD OR (IF A PERSON OR PERSONS CARING FOR THE CHILD IS OR ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE REPORT) ANOTHER CHILD IN THE SAME HOME WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE INDI- CATION OF THE REPORT. THE OFFICIAL OR AGENCY MAY PROTECT THE CONFIDEN- TIALITY OF IDENTIFYING OR ADDRESS INFORMATION REGARDING THE FOSTER OR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09818-02-5
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