S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10705
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 13, 2016
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Palmesano)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the state
reimbursement of county payments for certain document management soft-
ware designed specifically for the child welfare industry
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the social services law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (aa) to read as follows:
(AA) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE FULL AMOUNT
EXPENDED BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
CHILDREN WHO ARE THE SUBJECT OF ABUSE, NEGLECT OR OTHER FORMS OF
MALTREATMENT VIA THE USE OF DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE DESIGNED
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHILD WELFARE INDUSTRY. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFT-
WARE SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE IF THE COUNTY HAS PREVIOUSLY
PURCHASED OR INTENDS TO PURCHASE SUCH SOFTWARE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, "DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE" SHALL MEAN A DATABASE APPLICA-
TION THAT UTILIZES ADVANCED DOCUMENT CAPTURE, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL
TECHNOLOGY TO ESTABLISH A PAPERLESS ENVIRONMENT BOTH WITHIN THE AGENCY
AND IN THE FIELD. ANY COUNTY THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED SUCH SOFTWARE
MUST SUPPLY ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING ANY RECEIPTS, THAT DETAILS
SUCH PURCHASE. THE STATE SHALL DISBURSE GRANTS, WHEN APPLICABLE, FROM
THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS PURPOSE.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15814-01-6
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