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                                   10513
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2020
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  reporting  data
   on child welfare preventive services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 409-a of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  (A)  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL COLLECT THE
 FOLLOWING DATA REGARDING PREVENTIVE SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED NINE OF THIS TITLE, AND COMPILE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON SUCH DATA BY
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT:
   (I) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILIES  RECEIVING  PREVENTIVE
 SERVICES AT THE END OF EACH MONTH;
   (II)  THE  TOTAL  ANNUAL  NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
 RECEIVING PREVENTIVE SERVICES INCLUDING HOW MANY  NEW  PREVENTIVE  CASES
 WERE OPENED DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTI-
 CABLE, THE REFERRAL SOURCE FOR EACH NEW CASE;
   (III) THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME PREVENTIVE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FOR
 EACH  CHILD  OR FAMILY DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR, AS WELL AS AN
 INDICATION OF WHETHER SUCH CASE HAD BEEN CLOSED DURING SUCH YEAR;
   (IV) A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE SERVICES AND THEIR UTILIZATION RATE  IN
 EACH  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT WHICH UTILIZE PREVENTIVE SERVICE
 FUNDING AS ALLOWABLE UNDER SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE-K  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER;
   (V)  A DESCRIPTIVE LIST, AND THEIR UTILIZATION RATE IF PRACTICABLE, OF
 OTHER PREVENTIVE SERVICES PROVIDED BY A LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
 THAT DOES NOT UTILIZE PREVENTIVE SERVICE FUNDING PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE-K  OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 OTHER PREVENTIVE SERVICES  SHALL  INCLUDE  PRIMARY  PREVENTIVE  SERVICES
 WHICH MAY BE FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY OPTIONAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES FUND-
 ING, HOME VISITING FUNDS OR OTHER FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS;
   (VI)  THE  TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ENTERED FOSTER CARE DURING THE
 PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR WHO HAD  RECEIVED  PREVENTIVE  SERVICES  AT  ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 POINT  DURING  THE  TWELVE-MONTHS PRIOR TO THEIR ENTRY INTO FOSTER CARE;
 AND
   (VII)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  THE COMMISSIONER MAY DEEM NECESSARY TO
 INCLUDE IN SAID REPORT.
   (B) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  SUBMIT  SUCH
 REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRES-
 IDENT  OF  THE SENATE, THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILIES COMMITTEES, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY  WAYS  AND
 MEANS  COMMITTEE  AND  THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
 STARTING NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE.  SUCH
 REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE DATA AND INFORMATION REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR,  TO  THE  EXTENT  SUCH
 INFORMATION  IS  AVAILABLE.  WHEN PRACTICABLE, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE
 DISAGGREGATED BY AGE, SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY.
   (C) THE INITIAL REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE AFOREMENTIONED DATA FROM  THE
 PRECEDING TWO CALENDAR YEARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.