Establishes the post-adoption services program under the direction of the office of children and family services and lists optional services to be provided to adoptive families; makes an appropriation of six million dollars therefor.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1277
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, DIAZ, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
KRUEGER, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
post-adoption services program, and making an appropriation therefor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 6 of the social services law is amended by adding a
2 new title 10 to read as follows:
3 TITLE 10
4 POST-ADOPTION SERVICES
5 Section 458-a. Statement of legislative intent.
6 458-b. Establishment of program.
7 § 458-a. Statement of legislative intent. The legislature intends, by
8 the enactment of this title, to help ease the transition of the adoption
9 of a child by targeting the development and delivery of comprehensive
10 services to adoptive families for the period after the adoption has been
11 completed.
12 § 458-b. Establishment of program. 1. There is hereby established
13 within the office of children and family services the post-adoption
14 services program, for families with adopted children.
15 2. The office of children and family services shall provide access to
16 optional services, either directly or by contract, by purchase of
17 service, or by interagency agreement. Such services shall include, but
18 not be limited to:
19 (a) therapeutic counseling services which shall include individual,
20 family, and group counseling or therapy;
21 (b) the establishment of local support groups for adoptive parents,
22 birthparents and adopted children;
23 (c) parenting programs;
24 (d) help line services;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (e) crisis response teams;
2 (f) residential placement services; and
3 (g) referrals and linkages with other community services.
4 3. The post-adoption services program shall be available to any person
5 who is a resident of New York state that has been adopted and is under
6 eighteen years of age or is the adoptive parent of a person under the
7 age of eighteen.
8 § 2. The sum of six million dollars ($6,000,000), or so much thereof
9 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the office of children
10 and family services from any moneys in the state treasury in the general
11 fund to the credit of the state purposes account not otherwise appropri-
12 ated, for its expenses in carrying out the provisions of this act. Such
13 sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller
14 on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of the office of
15 children and family services, or his or her designated representative in
16 the manner provided by law.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
18 have become a law and shall apply to children who have been adopted and
19 parents who have adopted children before, on or after such date.
