Assembly Bill A5077

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry

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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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2021-A5077 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5443
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-m, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10705, S8086
2017-2018: A4681, S2121
2019-2020: A3533, S940
2023-2024: A5443, S2213

2021-A5077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry.

2021-A5077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5077
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO,
   FRIEND, J. M. GIGLIO, MORINELLO,  NORRIS,  SALKA,  SMULLEN,  TAGUE  --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BYRNES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to the state
   reimbursement of county payments for certain document management soft-
   ware designed specifically for the child welfare industry
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 390-m to read as follows:
   §  390-M.  STATE  REIMBURSEMENT  FOR  DOCUMENT  MANAGEMENT   SOFTWARE.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE STATE SHALL REIMBURSE A
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT THE FULL AMOUNT  EXPENDED  BY  THE  LOCAL
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  TO  PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN WHO ARE THE
 SUBJECT OF ABUSE, NEGLECT OR OTHER FORMS OF MALTREATMENT VIA THE USE  OF
 DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHILD WELFARE
 INDUSTRY.  DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE
 IF THE COUNTY HAS PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED OR INTENDS TO PURCHASE SUCH SOFT-
 WARE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "DOCUMENT  MANAGEMENT  SOFTWARE"
 SHALL  MEAN  A  DATABASE  APPLICATION  THAT  UTILIZES  ADVANCED DOCUMENT
 CAPTURE, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL  TECHNOLOGY  TO  ESTABLISH  A  PAPERLESS
 ENVIRONMENT BOTH WITHIN THE AGENCY AND IN THE FIELD. ANY COUNTY THAT HAS
 PREVIOUSLY  PURCHASED  SUCH SOFTWARE MUST SUPPLY ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION,
 INCLUDING ANY RECEIPTS, THAT DETAILS  SUCH  PURCHASE.  THE  STATE  SHALL
 DISBURSE  GRANTS,  WHEN  APPLICABLE,  FROM  THE  GENERAL  FUND  FOR THIS
 PURPOSE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08000-01-1

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