S02691 Summary:
BILL NO | S02691 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A10506 |
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SPONSOR | GOLDEN |
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COSPNSR | AVELLA, KENNEDY |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd SS20-a, 421 & 423, Soc Serv L | |
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Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees. |
S02691 Actions:
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01/28/2015 | REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2015 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2015 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2015 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1526 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2015 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2015 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2015 | referred to children and families | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | died in assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/09/2016 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/11/2016 | 1ST REPORT CAL.581 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/12/2016 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/03/2016 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2016 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2016 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2016 | referred to children and families | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2016 | substituted for a10506 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2016 | ordered to third reading rules cal.320 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2016 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/20/2016 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/31/2016 | VETOED MEMO.301 |
S02691 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
No
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
No
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Blake
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tenney
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
ER
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
No
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
ER
Finch
No
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bronson
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
No
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Galef
ER
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Gantt
No
Kolb
No
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cancel
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
No
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
No
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
ER
Sepulveda
No
Corwin
No
Goodell
Yes
Linares
No
Palmesano
Yes
Simanowitz
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S02691 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2691 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 28, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services workers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 20-a of the social services law, as added by chap- 2 ter 107 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power. Notwith- 4 standing any inconsistent provision of this chapter, the board, the 5 commissioner or the department, acting singly or in unison, shall not 6 have the power, directly or indirectly to prescribe the number of 7 persons to be employed in any social services district providing the 8 district complies with the minimum federal standards relating thereto; 9 provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply 10 to the regulations of the office of children and family services estab- 11 lishing workload standards for child protective services workers promul- 12 gated pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision four of section four 13 hundred twenty-one of this chapter. 14 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 421 of the social services law is 15 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 16 (c) promulgate regulations relating to workload standards for child 17 protective services, which shall be no more than fifteen active cases 18 per month per full time child protective services worker. Nothing in 19 this paragraph shall be construed to forbid the office from promulgating 20 regulations that require an average workload standard of less than 21 fifteen active cases per month per full time child protective services 22 worker. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05876-01-5S. 2691 2 1 § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 423 of the social 2 services law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (c) The child protective service shall have a sufficient staff, 5 subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of subdivision four of 6 section four hundred twenty-one of this title, of sufficient qualifica- 7 tions to fulfill the purposes of this title and be organized in such a 8 way as to maximize the continuity of responsibility, care and service of 9 individual workers toward individual children and families. A social 10 services district shall have flexibility in assigning staff to the child 11 protective service provided that each staff assigned to such service has 12 the staff qualifications and has received the training required by the 13 department regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivisions four and 14 five of section four hundred twenty-one of this title. 15 § 4. This act shall take effect on the seven hundred thirtieth day 16 after it shall have become a law.