Senate Bill S8679A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires maintained records for certain children to include whether they have a developmental disability; requires a study of the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disability

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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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2023-S8679 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8846
Law Section:
Social Services
Laws Affected:
Amd §372, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8046, A9080

2023-S8679 - Summary

Requires that every court, and every public board, commission, institution, or officer having powers or charged with duties in relation to abandoned, delinquent, destitute, neglected or dependent children who shall receive, accept or commit any child shall provide and keep a record showing if such child has a developmental disability; requires a study of the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disability.

2023-S8679 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8679 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8679
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT in relation to a study of the number of children in  foster  care
   who have a developmental disability
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The commissioner of  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services, in consultation with the commissioner of the office for people
 with  developmental disabilities, shall conduct a study to determine the
 number of children who have been placed in foster care and who have been
 diagnosed with a developmental disability. Such study shall include, but
 shall not be limited to, the following:
   (a) assessing the demographics of the children in foster care  with  a
 developmental disability, including, but not limited to, their county of
 residence,  age,  race  and gender identity, and determining whether the
 placement of such individuals in foster  care  was  voluntary  or  court
 ordered;
   (b)  evaluating the current guidelines and regulations used to oversee
 the placement and treatment of children with a developmental disability;
 and
   (c) analyzing the extent to which such  age-appropriate  children  are
 prepared  for  a  transition  from  foster care to an independent living
 situation.
   § 2. For purposes of this section,  "developmental  disability"  shall
 have  the same meaning as set forth in subdivision 22 of section 1.03 of
 the mental hygiene law.
   § 3. The commissioner of the office of children  and  family  services
 and  the  commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities may acquire directly from the head of any  department,  agency,
 or  instrumentality of the state, available non-identifiable information
 which the offices consider useful in the discharge of their duties.  All
 departments,  agencies, and instrumentalities of the state shall cooper-
 ate with the offices with respect to such information and shall  furnish
 all information requested by the offices to the extent permitted by law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S8679A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8846
Law Section:
Social Services
Laws Affected:
Amd §372, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8046, A9080

2023-S8679A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that every court, and every public board, commission, institution, or officer having powers or charged with duties in relation to abandoned, delinquent, destitute, neglected or dependent children who shall receive, accept or commit any child shall provide and keep a record showing if such child has a developmental disability; requires a study of the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disability.

2023-S8679A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8679A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8679--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and  Families  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring  main-
   tained  records  for  certain  children to include whether they have a
   developmental disability; and conducting a  study  on  the  number  of
   children in foster care who have a developmental disability
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 372 of the social  services  law,
 paragraph  (j) as amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 1978, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Every court, and every public board,  commission,  institution,  or
 officer  having  powers or charged with duties in relation to abandoned,
 delinquent,  destitute,  neglected  or  dependent  children  who   shall
 receive,  accept  or  commit  any  child shall provide and keep a record
 showing:
   (a) the full and true name of the child[,];
   (b) his OR HER sex and date and place of birth, if  ascertainable,  or
 his OR HER apparent age[,];
   (c) the full and true names and places of birth of his OR HER parents,
 and  their  actual residence if living, or their latest known residence,
 if deceased or whereabouts unknown and the name and actual residence  of
 any  other person having custody of the child, as nearly as the same can
 reasonably be ascertained[,];
   (d) the religious faith of the parents and of the child[,];
   (e) the name and address of any person, agency, institution  or  other
 organization  to  which the child is committed, placed out, boarded out,
 or otherwise given into care, custody or control[,];
   (f) the religious faith and occupation of the head  or  heads  of  the
 family  with  whom  the  child  is  placed  out or boarded out and their
 relationship, if any, to the child[,];
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05107-05-4
              

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