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Senate Bill S4519
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 22nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
- Introduced
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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
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S4519 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Children And Families
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §355.1, Fam Ct Act
2013-S4519 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4519 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the family court act, in relation to transfers of juvenile delinquents placed by the family court in conjunction with a "close to home" initiative This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of her Family Court Advisory and Rules Committee. With enactment of the "Close to Home" initiative as part of the Fiscal Year 20122013 State Budget, New York has embarked upon an exciting, ambitious reform of its juvenile justice system. See L. 2012, c. 57, Part G. Instead of placing juveniles from New York City in distant facilities operated by the State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), juveniles in all but the most serious cases must be placed in or near the City in facilities operated under contract with the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS). Those youth already placed with OCFS are subject to transfer to the custody of ACS upon petitions filed in Family Court. The first phase of the "Close to Home" initiative, implemented as of September 1, 2012, covered youth already placed or facing placement in a "non-secure" level of care, while the second phase, scheduled for 2013, will cover youth in or facing placement in a "limited-secure" level of care. As ACS indicated in its "Vision Statement" for the new program:
2013-S4519 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4519 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 5, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis- tration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to transfers of juve- nile delinquents placed by the family court in conjunction with a "close to home" initiative THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 355.1 of the family court act, as amended by section 8 of subpart A of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 2. An order issued under section 353.3, may, upon a showing of a substantial change of circumstances, be set aside, modified, vacated or terminated upon motion of the commissioner of social services or the office of children and family services with whom the respondent has been placed. (a)(i) For a social services district that only has an approved plan to implement programs for juvenile delinquents placed in non-secure settings as part of an approved juvenile justice services close to home initiative pursuant to section four hundred four of the social services law, beginning on the effective date of that plan, if the district determines that placement in a limited secure facility is appropriate and consistent with the need for protection of the community and the needs and best interests of the respondent placed into its care, the social services district shall file a petition to transfer the custody of the respondent to the office of children and family services, and shall provide a copy of such petition to such office, the respondent, the attorney for the respondent, THE PRESENTMENT AGENCY and the respond- ent's parent OR PARENTS or legal guardian OR GUARDIANS. THE COURT, AFTER NOTICE HAVING BEEN GIVEN, SHALL GIVE THE OFFICE, THE RESPONDENT AND HIS OR HER ATTORNEY AND THE PRESENTMENT AGENCY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09328-01-3
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