Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7855
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 24, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Children and Families
AN ACT authorizing and directing the office of children and family
services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
of
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The office of children and family services, in conjunction
2 with the inspector general, is authorized and directed to conduct a
3 study on the family assessment response program. Such study shall:
4 (a) determine if the program is accomplishing the program's intended
5 goals;
6 (b) determine if the program is being operated as designed;
7 (c) identify areas where the program can be improved;
8 (d) suggest changes to the program to improve areas where the program
9 needs improvement;
10 (e) specify why certain areas of the program require changes;
11 (f) identify if localities should be designing family assessment
12 response programs or following a template that has been vetted and
13 crafted by the state;
14 (g) determine if the program is worth expanding across the state,
15 making the program either an opt-out or mandatory program; and
16 (h) examining the expected expansion of the family assessment response
17 program into New York City including, but not limited to:
18 (i) how has the program worked in New York City prior to the expan-
19 sion; and
20 (ii) expected outcomes for child welfare investigations in the city;
21 and
22 (i) study anything else the office of children and family services or
23 the inspector general determines necessary to determine if the family
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 assessment response program is working as designed, if it can be
2 improved, and if it is worth expanding and/or mandating state-wide.
3 § 2. The office of children and family services, in conjunction with
4 the inspector general, shall publish a report containing the finds of
5 the study. Such report shall be delivered to the governor, the temporary
6 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly no later than
7 one year after the effective date of this act.
8 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
9 deemed repealed two years after such effective date.