Assembly Actions -
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Jan 29, 2014 |
print number 1398a |
Jan 29, 2014 |
amend and recommit to social services |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to social services |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S1398A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S1398 - Details
2013-S1398 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1398 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to standards for workloads for child protective services caseworkers PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to lift the existing prohibition on the state creation of workload standards for Child Protective Services (CPS), foster care, preventive services and adoption services. The bill would require Office of Children and Family Services to set workload standards for CPS by October 1, 2015. Require every social services district to be in compliance with established workload standards by January 1, 2019. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The office of Children and Family Services would established workload standards, based on the New York State workload study that was funded in the SPY 2006-07 budget. Localities would have until January 1, 2018 to come into compliance with the required standards and no locality would be require to increase its workforce by more than 25% in any given state fiscal year. JUSTIFICATION: Current state law prohibits the state from establishing workload standards for workers in child protective service, foster care, preventive services and adoption services agencies. Testimony by caseworkers made it extremely clear that the current workloads for caseworkers are significantly high and are inconsistent with the national workload standards for caseworkers.
2013-S1398 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1398 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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 standards for workloads for child protective services caseworkers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 20-a of the social services law, as added by chap- ter 107 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: S 20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power. Notwith- standing any inconsistent provision of this chapter, the board, the commissioner or the department, acting singly or in unison, shall not have the power, directly or indirectly to prescribe the number of persons to be employed in any social services district providing the district complies with the minimum federal standards relating thereto. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS THAT SET WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, FOSTER CARE, PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND ADOPTION SERVICES, WHICH STANDARDS ARE BASED ON THE NEW YORK STATE WORK- LOAD STUDY. THE OFFICE SHALL SET WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BY OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. NO COUNTY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INCREASE ITS CHILD PROTECTIVE WORKFORCE BY MORE THAN TWEN- TY-FIVE PERCENT IN ANY GIVEN STATE FISCAL YEAR, PROVIDED THAT EVERY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED WORKLOAD STANDARDS BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY. S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 423 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: (c) The child protective service shall have a sufficient staff, AS REQUIRED BY CASELOAD STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S1398A (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S1398A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1398A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to standards for workloads for child protective services caseworkers PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to lift the existing prohibition on the state creation of workload standards for Child Protective Services (CPS), foster care, preventive services and adoption services. The bill would require Office of Children and Family Services to set workload standards for CPS by October 1, 2015. Require every social services district to be in compliance with established workload standards by January 1, 2019. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The office of Children and Family Services would established workload standards, based on the New York State workload study that was funded in the SPY 2006-07 budget. Localities would have until January 1, 2018 to come into compliance with the required standards and no locality would be require to increase its workforce by more than 255 in any given state fiscal year. JUSTIFICATION: Current state law prohibits the state from establishing workload standards for workers in child protective service, foster care, preventive services and adoption services agencies. Testimony by caseworkers made it extremely clear that the current workloads for case workers are significantly high and are inconsistent with the national workload standards for caseworkers.
2013-S1398A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1398--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to standards for workloads for child protective services caseworkers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 20-a of the social services law, as added by chap- ter 107 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: S 20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power. Notwith- standing any inconsistent provision of this chapter, the board, the commissioner or the department, acting singly or in unison, shall not have the power, directly or indirectly to prescribe the number of persons to be employed in any social services district providing the district complies with the minimum federal standards relating thereto. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS THAT SET WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, FOSTER CARE, PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND ADOPTION SERVICES, WHICH STANDARDS ARE BASED ON THE NEW YORK STATE WORK- LOAD STUDY. THE OFFICE SHALL SET WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BY OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. NO COUNTY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INCREASE ITS CHILD PROTECTIVE WORKFORCE BY MORE THAN TWEN- TY-FIVE PERCENT IN ANY GIVEN STATE FISCAL YEAR, PROVIDED THAT EVERY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED WORKLOAD STANDARDS BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02730-02-4
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