Assembly Bill A3271

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for support and services for unaccompanied minors with no lawful immigration status

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A3271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4419
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, add Art 5 Title 12-B §§370-f & 370-g, §§394, 374-g & 394-a, Soc Serv L; amd §94-b, add §94-d, Exec L; amd §§2511 & 2510, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7815, S6225
2021-2022: A2583, S803

2023-A3271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for supports and services for unaccompanied minors with no lawful immigration status including legal representation.

2023-A3271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3271
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HEVESI, EPSTEIN, AUBRY, REYES, ROZIC, WILLIAMS,
   CRUZ, RAMOS, RIVERA, WALKER, WEPRIN, SIMON, PRETLOW, COLTON,  DICKENS,
   JEAN-PIERRE, FAHY, SAYEGH, L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, PAULIN, COOK, JACKSON,
   GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  FORREST, BURDICK, OTIS, ZINERMAN, MITAYNES, DAVILA --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  the  executive  law,  and  the
   public  health law, in relation to providing for supports and services
   for unaccompanied minors with no lawful immigration status
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 41 to read as follows:
   41.  "UNACCOMPANIED MINOR" SHALL MEAN A CHILD WHO, PRIOR TO RELEASE TO
 A NEW YORK RESIDENT SPONSOR, WAS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF
 REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND:
   (A) HAS NO LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES;
   (B) HAD NOT ATTAINED EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE PRIOR TO BEING  TAKEN  INTO
 FEDERAL CUSTODY; AND
   (C)  WAS  NOT  ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN UPON ENTRY TO
 THE UNITED STATES OR WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL  GUARDIAN  BUT
 SUBSEQUENTLY  SEPARATED FROM THAT PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN UPON ENTRY TO
 THE UNITED STATES.
   § 2. Article 5 of the social services law is amended by adding  a  new
 title 12-B to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 12-B
              SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
 SECTION 370-F. SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.
         370-G. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.
   §  370-F. SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. 1.  UNACCOM-
 PANIED MINORS, AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION TWO OF THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL  BE
 ELIGIBLE  FOR  A RANGE OF APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, WHICH SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05006-01-3
              

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