Assembly Bill A10145

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25

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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-A10145 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7715
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง532-a, 532-b, 532-d & 420, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A1372, S3980

2015-A10145 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25, for the purposes of the runaway and homeless youth program.

2015-A10145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10145

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 12, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding the applica-
  tion of the runaway and homeless youth program to youth under  twenty-
  five years of age

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 6 of section 532-a of the executive law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 800 of the laws of 1985 and subdivi-
sion 6 as amended by section 6 of part G of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of
2013, are amended to read as follows:
  2.  "Homeless youth" shall mean a person under the age of [twenty-one]
TWENTY-FIVE who is in need of services and is without a place of shelter
where supervision and care are available.
  6. "Transitional independent living support program"  shall  mean  any
non-residential  program  approved  by the office of children and family
services after submission by the municipality as part of its  comprehen-
sive  plan,  or any residential facility approved by the office of chil-
dren and family services after submission by the municipality as part of
its comprehensive plan to offer youth development programs,  established
and operated to provide supportive services, for a period of up to eigh-
teen months in accordance with the regulations of the office of children
and  family  services,  to  enable  homeless  youth  between the ages of
sixteen and [twenty-one] TWENTY-FIVE to progress from  crisis  care  and
transitional  care  to independent living. Such transitional independent
living support program may also provide services to  youth  in  need  of
crisis  intervention or respite services. Notwithstanding the time limi-
tation in paragraph (i) of subdivision  (d)  of  section  seven  hundred
thirty-five of the family court act, residential respite services may be
provided  in  a  transitional  independent  living support program for a
period of more than twenty-one days.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 532-a of the executive law,  as  amended
by section 14 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  6.  "Transitional  independent  living support program" shall mean any
non-residential program approved by the office of  children  and  family
services  after  submission  by  the  county youth bureau as part of its
              

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