Senate Bill S2553

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the peer advocacy and mentoring program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee


  • 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-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง522-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6961
2011-2012: S3076
2013-2014: S897
2017-2018: S2806
2019-2020: S4996
2021-2022: S5463
2023-2024: S7141

2015-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the peer advocacy and mentoring program; provides peer support, advocacy and mentoring for youth in residential care.

2015-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2553

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the  peer
  advocacy and mentoring program

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

  Section 1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 522-a
to read as follows:
  S 522-A. PEER ADVOCACY AND  MENTORING  PROGRAM.  1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY
CREATED  WITHIN THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, A PEER ADVO-
CACY AND MENTORING PROGRAM.
  2. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL,  IN  CONSULTATION
WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL HEALTH AND WITHIN THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED
THEREFOR, CONTRACT WITH A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION  OR  ORGANIZATIONS
SPECIALIZING  IN  PROVIDING  PEER  SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY TO YOUTH AND THE
NEEDS OF YOUTH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  EMOTIONAL  AND  BEHAVIORAL
NEEDS,  TO ESTABLISH A PEER ADVOCACY AND MENTORING PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM
SHALL BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT, ADVOCACY  AND  MENTORING  FOR
YOUTH RESIDING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE.
  3.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
PRIORITY FOR SERVICES UNDER THE  PEER  ADVOCACY  AND  MENTORING  PROGRAM
SHALL  BE GIVEN TO YOUTH WHO WERE PLACED IN RESIDENTIAL CARE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT,  AND  WHO  RESIDE  IN  FACILITIES
DESCRIBED IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
  4.  PEER ADVOCATES ACTING AS EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS IN THE PEER ADVO-
CACY AND MENTORING PROGRAM SHALL: (A) BE INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF
SIXTEEN AND THIRTY WHO HAVE:
  (I) PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLACED IN RESIDENTIAL CARE;
  (II) EXPERIENCED DISABILITIES OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS; AND
  (III) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TRAINING THAT HAS BEEN  APPROVED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONERS  OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06460-01-5
              

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