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Assembly Bill A3380

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires facilitating the use of alternatives to detention programs

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2015-A3380 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง501, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11137
2011-2012: A7037
2013-2014: A2584

2015-A3380 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the office of children and family services and facilitating the use of alternatives to detention programs.

2015-A3380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3380

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, CAMARA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children  and
  Families

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the office of children
  and  family services and facilitating use of alternatives to detention
  programs

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of section
501 of the executive law, subdivisions 12, 13 and 14  as  renumbered  by
chapter 465 of the laws of 1992, subdivision 16 as renumbered by chapter
170 of the laws of 1994, are renumbered subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16 and 17 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
  9.  (A)  TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICTS AND TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM UTILIZATION OF ALTERNATIVE  TO
DETENTION AND PLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY IN THE DELIV-
ERY  OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO PERSONS ALLEGED OR DETERMINED TO BE IN NEED
OF SUPERVISION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND FOR
PERSONS ALLEGED OR DETERMINED TO BE  JUVENILE  DELINQUENTS  AT  RISK  OF
DETENTION  OR  PLACEMENT  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE THREE OF THE FAMILY COURT
ACT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  SUCH  PROGRAMS  MAY  INCLUDE
PROGRAMS  WITH  THE  GOAL  OF  REDUCING  RISK  BEHAVIORS AMONG YOUTH AND
PROMOTING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
  (B) INTER-COUNTY UTILIZATION OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL BE ENCOUR-
AGED BY THE OFFICE TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND TO PROMOTE THE  MAXIMI-
ZATION  OF  RESOURCES.  THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
COUNTIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, IDENTIFYING PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES FOR INTER-COUNTY UTILIZATION, MAKING ANY  FEASIBLE  PROGRAM
MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE INTER-COUNTY UTILIZATION, AND ASSIST-
ING  THE COLLABORATION OF COUNTIES AND COUNTY AGENCIES WITHIN A REGIONAL
AREA. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  INTER-COUNTY  UTILIZATION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08038-01-5

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