NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3980

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to children and families
Apr 04, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Jan 31, 2017	referred to children and families

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- Apr 4, 2017 - Children And Families Committee Vote
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  - - Children And Families Committee Vote: Apr 4, 2017
      
      aye (6)
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Montgomery
      
      Persaud
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Helming

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2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Children And Families
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§532-a, 532-b, 532-d & 420, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S7715

2017-S3980 (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.

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3980

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
expanding the application of the runaway and homeless youth program to
youth under twenty-five years of age

 PURPOSE OF BILL :

This legislation seeks to expand the application of the runaway and
homeless youth act and related programs to youth under twenty-five
years of age, which would be an increase from the current upper limit
of up to twenty-one years of age.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Sections 1 and 2 of the proposal amend Section 532-a of the executive
law to change, for purposes of Article 19-A (Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act), the definition of "Homeless Youth" to include persons
under the age of twenty-five who need services and are without a place
of shelter where supervision and care are available.

These amendments also raise the upper level of the age of homeless
youth eligible for transitional independent living support programs
from twenty-one to twenty-five so that youth up to the age of
twenty-five may progress from crisis care and transitional care to
independent living.

Section 3 of the proposal amends Section 532-b of the executive law,
for purposes of Article 19-A, to conform to the definitional change of
"homeless youth" made in Sections 1 and 2. This would permit approved
runaway programs to provide assistance to homeless youth or youth in
need of crisis intervention or respite services between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-five, up from sixteen and twenty-two.

Section 4 of the proposal amends Section 532-d of the executive law,
for purposes of Article 19-A, to conform to the definitional change of
"homeless youth" made in Sections 1 and 2. This would permit
residential facilities operating as transitional independent living
support programs to provide shelter to homeless youth between the ages
of sixteen and twenty-five, up from sixteen and twenty-two.

Section 5 and 6 of the proposal amend section 420 of the executive law
to conform to the definitional change of "homeless youth" made in

Sections 1 and 2.

Section 7 of the proposal provides that the law shall take effect on
the one hundred and twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The age limit for runaway and homeless youth in New York State, for
purposes of shelter and transitional housing is 21 years presently.
However, the current Federal Blueprint to end Youth Homelessness
defines homeless youths as under age 25. Furthermore, over the past
couple of years, states such as Massachusetts, California, Texas,
Minnesota and Washington have defined the age of homeless youths as up
to 24 years.

Many homeless youths in New York State between the ages of 21 and 25
are afraid to access adult homeless shelters provided by the
Department of Homeless Services (DHS). These youths report
experiencing violence and harassment in the adult shelters currently
offered by DHS. The fear of violence, bullying and sexual assaults in
adult shelters causes these youths to brave the uncertainty and safety
risk of sleeping in the streets and in the subways. This results in a
vicious and chronic cycle of adult homelessness, which destroys their
lives and is ultimately costly to the state. These youth report
feeling much safer in the shelters mandated by the Office of Children
and Families under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.

Aligning New York State's definition of runaway and homeless youth
with the Federal Blueprint definition to include youth under age 25
would not only help prevent vulnerable youth from being chronically
homeless, it would also enable our state's ability to access federal
funding for which we may otherwise not be eligible.

This proposal is the right thing to do and makes economic sense.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016 - reported from Children and Families Committee, died in Finance;
P-Assembly (112-30)

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

To be determined, but expecting Federal funding based on alignment of
runaway and homeless youth age with federal blueprint definition.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, with the commissioner of children and
family services authorized and directed to promulgate any rules
necessary to implement the provisions of the act on or before the
effective date.

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3980
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02865-01-7

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   § 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
 comprehensive plan, or any residential facility approved by  the  office
 of  children  and  family  services after submission by the county youth
 bureau as part of its comprehensive plan, established  and  operated  to
 provide  supportive  services,  for a period of up to eighteen 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 inter-
 vention or respite services.  Notwithstanding  the  time  limitation  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.
   §  3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 532-b of the executive
 law, as amended by section 15 of part E of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  provide  assistance  to any runaway or homeless youth or youth in
 need of crisis intervention or respite services as defined in this arti-
 cle, EXCEPT THAT FOR HOMELESS YOUTH OR YOUTH IN NEED  OF  CRISIS  INTER-
 VENTION  OR  RESPITE SERVICES BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-
 FIVE, AN APPROVED RUNAWAY PROGRAM MAY, BUT SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO,
 PROVIDE ASSISTANCE OR RESPITE SERVICES AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE;
   § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 532-d of the executive law, as amended
 by chapter 182 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  provide shelter to homeless youth between the ages of sixteen and
 [twenty-one] TWENTY-FIVE as defined in this  article,  EXCEPT  THAT  FOR
 HOMELESS  YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-FIVE, RESIDEN-
 TIAL FACILITIES OPERATED  AS  TRANSITIONAL  INDEPENDENT  LIVING  SUPPORT
 PROGRAMS MAY, BUT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO, PROVIDE SHELTER;
   § 5. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 420 of the executive law,
 as  amended by section 3 of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is
 amended to read as follows:
   a. A municipality may submit to the  office  of  children  and  family
 services  a  plan for the providing of services for runaway and homeless
 youth, as defined in article nineteen-H  of  this  chapter.  Where  such
 municipality  is receiving state aid pursuant to paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion one of this section, such runaway and homeless youth plan shall  be
 submitted as part of the comprehensive plan and shall be consistent with
 the  goals  and  objectives  therein.  A runaway and homeless youth plan
 shall be developed in consultation with the municipal youth  bureau  and
 the county or city department of social services, shall be in accordance
 with  the  regulations  of  the  office of children and family services,
 shall provide for a coordinated range of services for runaway and  home-
 less  youth  and their families including preventive, temporary shelter,
 transportation, counseling, and other necessary  assistance,  and  shall
 provide for the coordination of all available county resources for runa-
 way  and  homeless youth and their families including services available
 through the municipal youth bureau, the county  or  city  department  of
 social  services,  local  boards  of  education,  local drug and alcohol

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 programs and organizations or programs which have past experience  deal-
 ing  with  runaway  and homeless youth. Such plan may include provisions
 for transitional independent living support programs for homeless  youth
 between  the ages of sixteen and [twenty-one] TWENTY-FIVE as provided in
 article nineteen-H of this chapter. Such plan shall also provide for the
 designation and duties of the runaway and homeless youth service coordi-
 nator defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of this  chapter  who
 is  available  on  a  twenty-four  hour  basis and maintains information
 concerning available shelter space, transportation  and  services.  Such
 plan  may  include provision for the per diem reimbursement for residen-
 tial care of runaway and homeless youth  in  approved  runaway  programs
 which are authorized agencies, provided that such per diem reimbursement
 shall not exceed a total of thirty days for any one youth.
   § 6. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 420 of the executive law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  182 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. A county may submit to the commissioner a plan for the providing of
 services for runaway and homeless youth, as  defined  in  article  nine-
 teen-H  of this chapter. Where such county is receiving state aid pursu-
 ant to paragraph a of subdivision one of this section, such runaway  and
 homeless  youth  plan  shall  be  submitted as part of the comprehensive
 county plan and shall be consistent with the goals and objectives there-
 in. A runaway and homeless youth plan shall be developed in consultation
 with the county youth bureau and the county or city department of social
 services, shall be in accordance with the regulations of the commission-
 er, shall provide for a coordinated range of services  for  runaway  and
 homeless  youth and their families including preventive, temporary shel-
 ter, transportation, counseling, and  other  necessary  assistance,  and
 shall provide for the coordination of all available county resources for
 runaway  and homeless youth and their families including services avail-
 able through the county youth bureau, the county or city  department  of
 social  services,  local  boards  of  education,  local drug and alcohol
 programs and organizations or programs which have past experience  deal-
 ing  with  runaway  and homeless youth. Such plan may include provisions
 for transitional independent living support programs for homeless  youth
 between  the ages of sixteen and [twenty-one] TWENTY-FIVE as provided in
 article nineteen-H of this chapter. Such plan shall also provide for the
 designation and duties of the runaway and homeless youth service coordi-
 nator defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of this  chapter  who
 is  available  on  a  twenty-four  hour  basis and maintains information
 concerning available shelter space, transportation  and  services.  Such
 plan  may  include provision for the per diem reimbursement for residen-
 tial care of runaway and homeless youth  in  approved  runaway  programs
 which are authorized agencies, provided that such per diem reimbursement
 shall not exceed a total of thirty days for any one youth.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law, provided, that the amendments to subdivision
 6  of  section  532-a  of the executive law, made by section one of this
 act, shall not affect the expiration and reversion of  such  subdivision
 pursuant  to  section  9 of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, as
 amended, when upon such date section two of this act shall take  effect;
 and  provided,  further, that the amendments to subdivision 2 of section
 420 of the executive law, made by section five of this  act,  shall  not
 affect  the  expiration  and  reversion  of such subdivision pursuant to
 section 9 of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, as amended,  when
 upon  such  date  section  six  of this act shall take effect. Provided,

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 further, that effective immediately the  commissioner  of  children  and
 family  services  is  authorized  and  directed  to promulgate any rules
 necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective  date
 on or before such date.

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

Apr 4, 2017 - Children And Families Committee Vote

Children And Families Committee Vote: Apr 4, 2017

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2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Diane J. Savino

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

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Marisol Alcantara

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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