Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 07, 2015 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 29, 2015 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A4245
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SCARBOROUGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
Barbara Clark
Linda Rosenthal
Ellen C. Jaffee
Amy Paulin
multi-Sponsors
Michelle Schimel
Matthew Titone
2015-A4245 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A4245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4245 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 29, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, CLARK, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, PAULIN, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAMARA, SCHIMEL, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to standards for workloads for child protective services caseworkers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 20-a of the social services law, as added by chap- ter 107 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: S 20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power. Notwith- standing any inconsistent provision of this chapter, the board, the commissioner or the department, acting singly or in unison, shall not have the power, directly or indirectly to prescribe the number of persons to be employed in any social services district providing the district complies with the minimum federal standards relating thereto. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS THAT SET WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, FOSTER CARE, PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND ADOPTION SERVICES, WHICH STANDARDS ARE BASED ON THE NEW YORK STATE WORK- LOAD STUDY. THE OFFICE SHALL SET WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BY OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. NO COUNTY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INCREASE ITS CHILD PROTECTIVE WORKFORCE BY MORE THAN TWEN- TY-FIVE PERCENT IN ANY GIVEN STATE FISCAL YEAR, PROVIDED THAT EVERY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED WORKLOAD STANDARDS BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO. S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 423 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: (c) The child protective service shall have a sufficient staff, AS REQUIRED BY CASELOAD STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, of sufficient qualifications to fulfill the purposes of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08036-01-5
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