Senate Bill S1514

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to foster home decertification, application for recertification, authorization for non-renewal, and other notices

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1514 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A731
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง376 & 377, Soc Serv L

2015-S1514 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to foster home decertification, application for recertification, authorization for non-renewal, notice of removal of a child and other required notices.

2015-S1514 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1514 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1514

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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  foster  home
  decertification,  application  for  recertification, authorization for
  non-renewal, notice of removal of a child, and other required notices

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 376 of the social services law, as
amended  by  chapter  539  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. An authorized agency which shall board out any child  and/or  minor
under the age of eighteen years shall issue to the person receiving such
child  and/or  minor for board a certificate to receive, board or keep a
child and/or minor under the age of eighteen  years.  Prior  to  issuing
such  certificate, the agency shall require that an applicant set forth:
his or her employment history, provide personal  and  employment  refer-
ences  and  sign  a sworn statement indicating whether the applicant, to
the best of his or her knowledge, has ever been convicted of a crime  in
this  state  or  any  other jurisdiction.   [The] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,  IN  ADDITION
TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS TITLE AND PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION
ONE  OF  SECTION  FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE agency
shall REVIEW INFORMATION AVAILABLE  IN  THE  STATEWIDE  AUTOMATED  CHILD
WELFARE INFORMATION SYSTEM TO determine whether the applicant [has ever]
PREVIOUSLY held such a certificate, or a license or approval AS A FOSTER
PARENT  and,  if so, whether [the] SUCH certificate, license or approval
was revoked, not renewed, or a FOSTER child was removed from  [the]  HIS
OR  HER  home[,  and  the reason therefor. In such instances, the agency
shall evaluate the circumstances, pursuant to regulations established by
the office, to determine] FOR HEALTH OR SAFETY REASONS AND SHALL CONSID-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07289-02-5
              

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