S00882 Summary:
| BILL NO | S00882 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A01261 |
| SPONSOR | PERSAUD |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §409-a, Soc Serv L; amd §2, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.8421-A & A.10513) | |
| Relates to certain data to be reported regarding child welfare preventive services; adds a repeal date. | |
S00882 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 882 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to certain data to be reported regarding child welfare preventive services; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social services law relat- ing to reporting data on child welfare preventive services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8421-A and A. 10513, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 409-a of the social services law, 2 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social services 3 law relating to reporting data on child welfare preventive services, as 4 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8421-A and A. 10513, is amended 5 to read as follows: 6 11. (a) The office of children and family services shall collect the 7 following data regarding preventive services, as defined in section four 8 hundred nine of this title, and compile an annual report on such data by 9 local social services district: 10 (i) the total number of children and families admitted to or receiving 11 a new service authorization for preventive services [at the end of each12month] during the preceding calendar year; 13 (ii) the total annual number of unduplicated children and families 14 receiving one or more days of preventive services including how many new 15 preventive cases were opened during the preceding calendar year and to 16 the extent [practicable] such information is known and available after 17 making all diligent efforts, the referral source for each new case; 18 (iii) the [average length of time preventive services were provided19for each child or family] total number of children and families whose 20 preventive services authorization was closed during the preceding calen- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07175-01-1S. 882 2 1 dar year[, as well as an indication of whether such case had been closed2during such year]; 3 (iv) a descriptive list of the services and their utilization rate, if 4 practicable, in each local social services district which utilize 5 preventive service funding as allowable under section one hundred 6 fifty-three-k of this chapter; 7 (v) a descriptive list[,] and their utilization rate, if practicable, 8 of other preventive services provided by a local social services 9 district that does not utilize preventive service funding pursuant to 10 section one hundred fifty-three-k of this chapter. For purposes of this 11 paragraph, other preventive services shall include but not be limited to 12 primary preventive services which may be funded through community 13 optional preventive services funding[,] or home visiting funds [or other14federal, state or local funds]; 15 (vi) the total number of children who entered foster care during the 16 preceding calendar year who had received preventive services at any 17 point during the twelve-months prior to their entry into foster care; 18 and 19 (vii) any other information the commissioner may deem necessary to 20 include in said report. 21 (b) The office of children and family services shall submit such 22 report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary pres- 23 ident of the senate, the chairpersons of the assembly and senate chil- 24 dren and families committees, the chairperson of the assembly ways and 25 means committee and the chairperson of the senate finance committee 26 starting no later than September first, two thousand twenty-one. Such 27 report shall include data and information required by paragraph (a) of 28 this subdivision for the preceding calendar year, to the extent such 29 information is available. When practicable, such information shall be 30 disaggregated by age, sex, race and ethnicity. 31 (c) The initial report shall include the aforementioned data from the 32 preceding two calendar years. 33 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social 34 services law relating to reporting data on child welfare preventive 35 services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8421-A and A. 36 10513, is amended to read as follows: 37 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 38 deemed repealed September 1, 2024. 39 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that 40 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the 41 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social 42 services law relating to reporting data on child welfare preventive 43 services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8421-A and A. 44 10513, takes effect.