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A02176 Summary:

A02176 Actions:

A02176 Committee Votes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES   Chair:Hevesi      
DATE:04/18/2023AYE/NAY:17/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Hevesi
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Davila
Aye
Flood
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Maher
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
McGowan
Aye
Darling
Aye
Pirozzolo
Aye
Anderson
Aye
Clark
Aye
Lunsford
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Mitaynes
Aye
Chandler-Waterm
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/23/2023AYE/NAY:33/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Excused
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Magnarelli
Absent
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:05/24/2023AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Excused
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A02176 Floor Votes:

A02176 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2176
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GIBBS, OTIS -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
        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-four, 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
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03463-01-3
        A. 2176                             2
 
     1  institutions. The report shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
     2  following information:
     3    (i)  the  total number of youth placed in a foster care setting at the
     4  time of the report, as well as a comparison to the total number of youth
     5  in care since the previous report was submitted;
     6    (ii) the reasons why such youth have been  placed  in  a  foster  care
     7  setting,  with the total number of youth per category at the time of the
     8  report. Such reasons shall include, but not  be  limited  to,  voluntary
     9  placement  pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a of this chap-
    10  ter, a termination of parental rights pursuant to section three  hundred
    11  eighty-four-b  of  this chapter, placements pursuant to articles ten and
    12  ten-C of the family court act, or pursuant to a contract, grant or other
    13  agreement with the federal government;
    14    (iii) to the extent such information is available, the total number of
    15  youth placed in a foster care setting at the time of the report that are
    16  in need of or receiving specialized services, either  due  to  a  mental
    17  health  illness or another disorder that may require additional supports
    18  and services, including specialized educational services;
    19    (iv) to the extent such information is available, how  many  youth  at
    20  the  time  of  the  report  have been previously placed in a foster care
    21  setting in the state;
    22    (v) the total number of foster families that are  currently  certified
    23  in  the  state  at  the  time  of the report and whether that number has
    24  increased or decreased since the previous report was submitted;
    25    (vi) how  many  children  and/or  families  have  received  preventive
    26  services through a local social services district, and of those children
    27  and/or  families,  how  many  youth were successfully kept out of foster
    28  care due to such services within the last calendar year for the  initial
    29  report,  and then since the previous report was submitted for all subse-
    30  quent reports;
    31    (vii) the total number of placement options that have  been  certified
    32  as  a  qualified  residential treatment program, as defined by 42 USCS §
    33  672; and
    34    (viii) the efforts the state has taken to recruit  and  retain  foster
    35  parents in the state.
    36    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.