Assembly Bill A10705

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry

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  • 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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2015-A10705 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8086
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §368-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4681, S2121
2019-2020: A3533, S940
2021-2022: A5077, S5443
2023-2024: A5443, S2213

2015-A10705 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry.

2015-A10705 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10705

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2016
                               ___________

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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