Assembly Bill A9440

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9440

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 30, 2014
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Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
  post-adoption support services pilot program

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

  Section 1. Article 6 of the social services law is amended by adding a
new title 12 to read as follows:
                                TITLE 12
              POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM
SECTION 458-N. POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM.
  S  458-N.  POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM. 1. AS USED IN
THIS SECTION:
  (A) "POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES" MEANS MEDICAL  TREATMENT,  MENTAL
HEALTH  SERVICES,  PARENTING  CLASSES,  OR  ANY  OTHER  DIRECT  SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AFTER A CHILD  IS
ADOPTED THAT:
  (I)  AID AN ADOPTED CHILD OR ADOPTIVE FAMILY IN WHICH AN ADOPTED CHILD
IS IN CRISIS; AND
  (II) ASSIST IN PREVENTING THE CHILD FROM BEING RETURNED  TO  THE  CARE
AND SUPERVISION OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
  (B) "PROGRAM" MEANS THE POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM.
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO:
  (A)  PROVIDE  POST-ADOPTION  SUPPORT  SERVICES TO ADOPTED CHILDREN AND
THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES; AND
  (B) PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDS FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN.
  3. AT THE REQUEST OF AN  ADOPTIVE  PARENT  FOR  POST-ADOPTION  SUPPORT
SERVICES  FROM  THE  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT, THE LOCAL SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL CONTINUE A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE  NEEDS  OF
THE ADOPTED CHILD AND ADOPTIVE FAMILY.
  4.  AFTER  A  DETERMINATION BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT THAT
THE ADOPTED CHILD OR ADOPTIVE FAMILY IS IN NEED OF POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT
SERVICES, THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT  SHALL  SUBMIT  A  PROPOSED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14814-02-4
              

A. 9440                             2

POST-ADOPTION  SUPPORT SERVICE PLAN TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES FOR APPROVAL AND FUNDING.
  5.  ON APPROVAL AND THE RELEASE OF FUNDS BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES, THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OR A  VENDOR  DESIG-
NATED BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE THE POST-ADOP-
TION SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE ADOPTED CHILD OR ADOPTIVE FAMILY.
  6.  THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM MONIES RECEIVED
BY THE STATE THROUGH FEDERAL  TEMPORARY  ASSISTANCE  TO  NEEDY  FAMILIES
FUNDS.
  7.  ON  OR  BEFORE  DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN THE OFFICE OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  TEMPORARY
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON:
  (A) THE NUMBER OF ADOPTED CHILDREN AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES SERVED BY THE
PROGRAM;
  (B)  THE  NUMBER  OF  ADOPTED CHILDREN AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES THAT MADE
APPLICATIONS FOR POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER THE PROGRAM;
  (C) THE TYPES OF POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES  PROVIDED  TO  ADOPTED
CHILDREN AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES BY THE PROGRAM; AND
  (D)  THE  EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED
UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.