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Dec 31, 2016 |
vetoed memo.301 |
Dec 20, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.320 substituted for a10506 |
May 23, 2016 |
referred to children and families delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 03, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 12, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 11, 2016 |
1st report cal.581 |
Feb 09, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to social services returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 15, 2015 |
referred to children and families delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1526 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 02, 2015 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 28, 2015 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S2691
Vetoed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor
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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
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
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Floor Vote: May 23, 2016
aye (58)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Amedore
- Avella
- Bonacic
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Carlucci
- Comrie
- Croci
- Dilan
- Espaillat
- Farley
- Felder
- Flanagan
- Funke
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Golden
- Griffo
- Hamilton
- Hannon
- Hassell-Thompson
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Kaminsky
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Latimer
- Little
- Marcellino
- Marchione
- Martins
- Montgomery
- Murphy
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Parker
- Peralta
- Perkins
- Persaud
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Robach
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Serino
- Serrano
- Squadron
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Valesky
- Venditto
- Young
nay (1)
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Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2015
aye (62)- Addabbo Jr.
- Amedore
- Avella
- Bonacic
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Carlucci
- Comrie
- Croci
- DeFrancisco
- Diaz
- Dilan
- Espaillat
- Farley
- Felder
- Flanagan
- Funke
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Golden
- Griffo
- Hamilton
- Hannon
- Hassell-Thompson
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Latimer
- Little
- Marcellino
- Marchione
- Martins
- Montgomery
- Murphy
- Nozzolio
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Panepinto
- Parker
- Peralta
- Perkins
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Robach
- Sampson
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Serino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Skelos
- Squadron
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Valesky
- Venditto
- Young
excused (1)
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Feb 9, 2016 - Social Services Committee Vote
S26917Aye0Nay0Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedJun 2, 2015 - Social Services Committee Vote
S26916Aye0Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedJun 15, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote
S269124Aye0Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained-
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Rules Committee Vote: Jun 15, 2015
aye (24)aye wr (1)
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Apr 11, 2016 - Finance Committee Vote
S269134Aye0Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent2Excused0Abstained-
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Finance Committee Vote: Apr 11, 2016
aye (34)aye wr (1)
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co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
2015-S2691 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2691 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2691 TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE: To establish a standard of no more than fifteen cases per month per full-time child protective services worker. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends section 20-a of the Social Services Law to provide that such section will not apply to any regulations establishing workload standards promulgated pursuant to section 421 (c) of the Social Services Law. Section two of this bill amends section 421 of the Social Services Law by adding a new paragraph (c) to create workload standards for child protective services which shall be no more than fifteen active cases per month per full-time child protective services worker. Section three of this bill amends paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 423 of the Social Services Law to provide that the sufficient staff requirement for child protective services offices will be
subject to section (c) of section 421 of the Social Services Law, as amended by section 2 of this bill. Section four of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on the seven hundred thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. JUSTIFICATION: It has been shown that smaller caseloads are important to the success of child protective services. New York City's Administration for Children's Services has taken this approach and has substantially lowered their caseload ratios to the benefit of the children. This proposal builds upon a 2006 Office of Children and Family Services study, which was required pursuant to Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2006, on Child Protective Services caseloads. Last year, the Legislature passed A.9873/S.7524 that would have required local departments of social services to file an annual report including staffing levels and the average caseloads of their child protective services' employees. On December 29, 2014, the Governor issued veto message 577 disapproving this legislation stating that he supports "the sponsors' goal to limit caseloads in CPS in order to ensure the effective investigation of child abuse and maltreatment. However, the reports required by this bill would not provide a useful view of caseloads but would merely add another bureaucratic requirement. The required information would not take into account the many variables that impact employee workloads such as the nature of allegations, the complexity of each case, or the number of children in a household." While veto message 577 states that the Office of Children and Family Services "regularly produces data regarding CPS caseloads" and directs OCFS to "make appropriate CPS caseload data publicly available on its website," OCFS has yet to make current information available on its website. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2014: S.7523 - 3rd Reading Calendar. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Undetermined. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the seven hundred thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
2015-S2691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2691 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E 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: 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 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ESTAB- LISHING WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS PROMUL- GATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 421 of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: (C) PROMULGATE REGULATIONS RELATING TO WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WHICH SHALL BE NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN ACTIVE CASES PER MONTH PER FULL TIME CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKER. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO FORBID THE OFFICE FROM PROMULGATING REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE AN AVERAGE WORKLOAD STANDARD OF LESS THAN FIFTEEN ACTIVE CASES PER MONTH PER FULL TIME CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKER. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05876-01-5 S. 2691 2
S 3. 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, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE, of sufficient qualifica- tions to fulfill the purposes of this title and be organized in such a way as to maximize the continuity of responsibility, care and service of individual workers toward individual children and families. A social services district shall have flexibility in assigning staff to the child protective service provided that each staff assigned to such service has the staff qualifications and has received the training required by the department regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivisions four and five of section four hundred twenty-one of this title. S 4. This act shall take effect on the seven hundred thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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