A09800 Summary:

BILL NOA09800A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08833-A
 
SPONSOREpstein
 
COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Gottfried, Gibbs, Otis
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Rpld §2, Chap 11 of 2021; amd §17, Soc Serv L
 
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; repeals provisions relating to directing the office of children and family services to make information publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effectiveness thereof.
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A09800 Actions:

BILL NOA09800A
 
04/18/2022referred to children and families
05/10/2022reported referred to ways and means
05/12/2022amend and recommit to ways and means
05/12/2022print number 9800a
05/18/2022reported referred to rules
05/31/2022reported
05/31/2022rules report cal.485
05/31/2022ordered to third reading rules cal.485
05/31/2022passed assembly
05/31/2022delivered to senate
05/31/2022REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
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A09800 Committee Votes:

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Chair:Hevesi DATE:05/10/2022AYE/NAY:12/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means
HevesiAyeByrnesNay
DavilaAyeSalkaNay
VanelAyeGallahanNay
Jean-PierreAyeBrownNay
FrontusAye
DarlingAye
AndersonAye
ClarkAye
LunsfordAye
MeeksAye
Gonzalez-RojasAye
MitaynesAye

WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Weinstein DATE:05/18/2022AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules
WeinsteinAyeRaAye
GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye
NolanAyeHawleyAye
PretlowAyeMontesanoExcused
ColtonAyeBlankenbushExcused
CookAyeNorrisAye
CahillAyeBrabenecAye
AubryAyePalmesanoAye
CusickAyeByrneAye
BenedettoAyeAshbyAye
WeprinAye
RamosExcused
BraunsteinAye
McDonaldAye
RozicAye
DinowitzAye
JoynerAye
MagnarelliAye
ZebrowskiAye
BronsonAye
DilanExcused
SeawrightAye
HyndmanAye
WalkerAye
Bichotte HermelAye

RULES Chair:Gottfried DATE:05/31/2022AYE/NAY:30/0 Action: Favorable
HeastieExcusedBarclayAye
GottfriedAyeHawleyAye
NolanAyeGiglioAye
WeinsteinAyeBlankenbushAye
PretlowAyeNorrisAye
CookAyeMontesanoAye
GlickAyeRaAye
AubryAyeBrabenecAye
EnglebrightAye
DinowitzAye
ColtonAye
MagnarelliAye
PaulinAye
Peoples-StokesAye
BenedettoAye
LavineAye
LupardoAye
ZebrowskiAye
ThieleAye
BraunsteinAye
DickensAye
DavilaAye
HyndmanAye

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A09800 Floor Votes:

DATE:05/31/2022Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 149/0
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Clark
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Smith
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Solages
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Darling
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Davila
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
ER
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown K
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A09800 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9800--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 18, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Children and Families -- reported and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to reporting of
          youth placed  in  foster  care  settings  and  recruitment  of  foster
          parents;  and  to  repeal section 2 of chapter 11 of the laws of 2021,
          relating to directing the office of children and  family  services  to
          make  information  publicly available on the number of youth placed in
          foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the  effec-
          tiveness thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 11 of the laws of  2021,  relating  to
     2  directing the office of children and family services to make information
     3  publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings
     4  and  recruitment  of  foster  parents  and the effectiveness thereof, is
     5  REPEALED.
     6    § 2. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding a  new
     7  subdivision (l) to read as follows:
     8    (l)  submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the
     9  temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of  the  assembly
    10  and  the  minority leader of the senate beginning December thirty-first,
    11  two thousand twenty-three, and biannually  thereafter,  regarding  youth
    12  placed  in  foster  care settings and the recruitment of foster parents.
    13  Such report shall be made publicly available online  and  shall  provide
    14  information,  as  required  pursuant  to this subdivision, aggregated by
    15  local social services  districts  and  foster  care  settings.  For  the
    16  purposes  of  this  subdivision, foster care settings shall include, but
    17  not be limited to, foster boarding homes, approved relative homes, group
    18  homes, group residences,  agency  operated  boarding  homes,  supervised
    19  independent  living arrangements, therapeutic foster care and child care
    20  institutions. The report shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
    21  following information:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15302-02-2

        A. 9800--A                          2
 
     1    (i)  the  total number of youth placed in a foster care setting at the
     2  time of the report, as well as a comparison to the total number of youth
     3  in care since the previous report was submitted;
     4    (ii)  the  reasons  why  such  youth have been placed in a foster care
     5  setting, with the total number of youth per category at the time of  the
     6  report.  Such  reasons  shall  include, but not be limited to, voluntary
     7  placement pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a of this  chap-
     8  ter,  a termination of parental rights pursuant to section three hundred
     9  eighty-four-b of this chapter, placements pursuant to articles  ten  and
    10  ten-C of the family court act, or pursuant to a contract, grant or other
    11  agreement with the federal government;
    12    (iii) to the extent such information is available, the total number of
    13  youth placed in a foster care setting at the time of the report that are
    14  in  need  of  or  receiving specialized services, either due to a mental
    15  health illness or another disorder that may require additional  supports
    16  and services, including specialized educational services;
    17    (iv)  to  the  extent such information is available, how many youth at
    18  the time of the report have been previously  placed  in  a  foster  care
    19  setting in the state;
    20    (v)  the  total number of foster families that are currently certified
    21  in the state at the time of the  report  and  whether  that  number  has
    22  increased or decreased since the previous report was submitted;
    23    (vi)  how  many  children  and/or  families  have  received preventive
    24  services through a local social services district, and of those children
    25  and/or families, how many youth were successfully  kept  out  of  foster
    26  care  due to such services within the last calendar year for the initial
    27  report, and then since the previous report was submitted for all  subse-
    28  quent reports;
    29    (vii)  the  total number of placement options that have been certified
    30  as a qualified residential treatment program, as defined by  42  USCS  §
    31  672; and
    32    (viii)  the  efforts  the state has taken to recruit and retain foster
    33  parents in the state.
    34    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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