Assembly Bill A2106

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

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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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2019-A2106 - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §384-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6377
2015-2016: A2432
2017-2018: A339

2019-A2106 - Summary

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act; relates to foster care and parents in immigration detention or removal proceedings.

2019-A2106 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2106
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, CRESPO, STECK, FAHY, FRIEND,
   JEAN-PIERRE,  NIOU  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK,
   PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Fami-
   lies
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the New
   York State Reuniting Families Act

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
 State Reuniting Families Act."
   § 2. Clause (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of subdivision  3
 of  section  384-b of the social services law, as amended by chapter 113
 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (D) the parent or parents are incarcerated,  INVOLVED  IN  IMMIGRATION
 REMOVAL  PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION, or participat-
 ing in a residential substance abuse treatment  program,  or  the  prior
 incarceration, INVOLVEMENT IN IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING
 DETENTION  OR  DEPORTATION, or participation of a parent or parents in a
 residential substance abuse treatment program is a significant factor in
 why the child has been in foster care for fifteen of the last twenty-two
 months, provided that the parent maintains  a  meaningful  role  in  the
 child's life based on the criteria set forth in subparagraph (v) of this
 paragraph and the agency has not documented a reason why it would other-
 wise be appropriate to file a petition pursuant to this section.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03634-01-9

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2019-A2106A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §384-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6377
2015-2016: A2432
2017-2018: A339

2019-A2106A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act; relates to foster care and parents in immigration detention or removal proceedings.

2019-A2106A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2106--A
                                                         Cal. No. 227
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, CRESPO, STECK, FAHY, FRIEND,
   JEAN-PIERRE,  NIOU,  CRUZ  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
   COOK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and
   Families -- reported from committee,  advanced  to  a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the order of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the New
   York State Reuniting Families Act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
 State Reuniting Families Act."
   § 2. Clause (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of subdivision  3
 of  section  384-b of the social services law, as amended by chapter 113
 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (D) the parent or parents are incarcerated, IN  IMMIGRATION  DETENTION
 OR  IMMIGRATION  REMOVAL  PROCEEDINGS, or participating in a residential
 substance abuse treatment program, or  the  prior  incarceration,  IMMI-
 GRATION  DETENTION  OR IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, or participation
 of a parent or  parents  in  a  residential  substance  abuse  treatment
 program is a significant factor in why the child has been in foster care
 for  fifteen  of  the  last  twenty-two months, provided that the parent
 maintains a meaningful role in the child's life based  on  the  criteria
 set  forth  in subparagraph (v) of this paragraph and the agency has not
 documented a reason why it would otherwise  be  appropriate  to  file  a
 petition pursuant to this section.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03634-07-9

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