Relates to chemical testing for prospective foster parents; includes, but is not limited to drug and alcohol testing; authorizes office of children and family services to issue random chemical testing, including but not limited to, drug testing, to foster parents.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6716
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to chemical testing
for prospective foster care parents
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 378 of the social services law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. (a) No such license or certificate shall be awarded to a prospec-
4 tive foster parent prior to chemical testing, including, but not limited
5 to, drug and alcohol testing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
6 to the contrary, an application for certification or licensure or
7 approval of a prospective foster parent shall be denied where such chem-
8 ical testing reveals a positive presence of drugs or alcohol in such
9 prospective foster parent.
10 (b) The office of children and family services shall issue random
11 chemical testing to foster parents, including, but not limited to, drug
12 testing.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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