Amd §372, Soc Serv L; rpld §§2 - 5, ren §6 to be §2, amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.8679-A &
A.8846-A)
Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability; makes technical changes to certain provisions of law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1018
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Children and Families
AN ACT amend the social services law, in relation to making technical
changes to certain provisions of such law; to repeal sections 2, 3, 4
and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services
law relating to requiring maintained 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 develop-
mental disability; as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A
and A. 8846-A, in relation to conducting a study to determine the
number of children in foster care and who have been diagnosed with a
developmental disability; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024
amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained
records for certain children to include whether they have a develop-
mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in
foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legis-
lative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 372 of
2 the social services law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024
3 amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained
4 records for certain children to include whether they have a develop-
5 mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in
6 foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legisla-
7 tive bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are amended to read as
8 follows:
9 (b) [his or her] the child's sex and date and place of birth, if
10 ascertainable, or [his or her] the child's apparent age;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) the full and true names and places of birth of [his or her] the
2 child's parents, and [their] such parents' actual residence if living,
3 or [their] such parents' latest known residence, if deceased or where-
4 abouts unknown and the name and actual residence of any other person
5 having custody of the child, as nearly as the same can reasonably be
6 ascertained;
7 § 2. Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending
8 the social services law relating to requiring maintained records for
9 certain children to include whether they have a developmental disabili-
10 ty; and conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who
11 have a developmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills
12 numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are REPEALED.
13 § 3. Section 6 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social
14 services law relating to requiring maintained records for certain chil-
15 dren to include whether they have a developmental disability; and
16 conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a
17 developmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
18 8679-A and A. 8846-A, is renumbered section 2 and amended to read as
19 follows:
20 § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] one year after it shall
21 have become a law.
22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
23 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and
24 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 relating to requir-
25 ing maintained records for certain children to include whether they have
26 a developmental disability; and conducting a study on the number of
27 children in foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed
28 in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, takes effect.
