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A00339 Summary:

A00339 Actions:

A00339 Committee Votes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES   Chair:Jaffee      
DATE:03/28/2017AYE/NAY:16/0  Action: Favorable         
Jaffee
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Arroyo
Aye
Friend
Aye
Titus
Aye
Errigo
Aye
Mayer
Aye
Miller
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Davila
Aye
Richardson
Aye
Harris
Aye
Williams
Absent
Barnwell
Aye
Wright
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye

A00339 Floor Votes:

A00339 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           339
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KIM, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, SEPULVEDA, CRESPO, MOYA,
          STECK, FAHY, FRIEND, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,
          COOK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and
          Families
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the New
          York State Reuniting Families Act

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
     2  State Reuniting Families Act."
     3    §  2. Clause (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of subdivision 3
     4  of section 384-b of the social services law, as amended by  chapter  113
     5  of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (D)  the  parent  or parents are incarcerated, involved in immigration
     7  removal proceedings, including detention or deportation, or  participat-
     8  ing  in  a  residential  substance abuse treatment program, or the prior
     9  incarceration, involvement in immigration removal proceedings, including
    10  detention or deportation, or participation of a parent or parents  in  a
    11  residential substance abuse treatment program is a significant factor in
    12  why the child has been in foster care for fifteen of the last twenty-two
    13  months,  provided  that  the  parent  maintains a meaningful role in the
    14  child's life based on the criteria set forth in subparagraph (v) of this
    15  paragraph and the agency has not documented a reason why it would other-
    16  wise be appropriate to file a petition pursuant to this section.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    18  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05196-01-7