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Assembly Bill A6972

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that persons maintaining a license to receive, board or keep a child or minor, notify the social services department of change in such home

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2009-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง378, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7966

2009-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that persons maintaining a license to receive, board or keep a child or minor, notify the local social services department of any change in persons residing at such home; failure of such license holder to notify the department shall be cause for revocation of such license.

2009-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6972

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Children and Families

AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to providing for
  mandatory disclosure of persons providing care of  children,  and  for
  the revocation of license for failure to give such notice

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 378 of the social services law, as
amended by chapter 555 of the laws  of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. Certificates or licenses to receive, board or keep any child and/or
minor  shall  be in the form prescribed and provided by the [department]
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES to the effect that such person is
regarded by the issuing authorized agency or  [social  services  depart-
ment] THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, as the case may be, as
maintaining  a  home suitable for the care of children and/or minors and
specifying the name, address, and religious faith of the person to  whom
issued,  the  number  of  children and/or minors for whom such person is
certified or licensed to care, NAMES OF  ALL  ADULT  AND  MINOR  PERSONS
RESIDING  AT  SUCH  HOME, and such other information as the [department]
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES may require. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY CHANGE IN THE PERSONS RESIDING IN SUCH HOME,
OR  PROVIDING  CARE TO ANY CHILD SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE IMME-
DIATELY REPORTED TO THE LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES  DEPARTMENT.  FAILURE  TO
MAKE  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  CAUSE  FOR REVOCATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE OF THIS TITLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law,  provided,  however, that any rules or regulations
necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
date shall be promulgated on or before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07867-01-9

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