NY State Senate Bill S2691

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 31, 2016	vetoed memo.301
Dec 20, 2016	delivered to governor
Jun 15, 2016	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.320 substituted for a10506
May 23, 2016	referred to children and families delivered to assembly passed senate
May 03, 2016	advanced to third reading
Apr 12, 2016	2nd report cal.
Apr 11, 2016	1st report cal.581
Feb 09, 2016	reported and committed to finance
Jan 06, 2016	referred to social services returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 15, 2015	referred to children and families delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1526 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 02, 2015	reported and committed to finance
Jan 28, 2015	referred to social services

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S2691 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10506
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§20-a, 421 & 423, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7523
2017-2018: S3146, A4049

S2691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees.

S2691 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2691

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to directing the office of children and family services to establish
workload standards for child protective services workers

PURPOSE:

To establish a standard of no more than fifteen cases per month per
full-time child protective services worker.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends section 20-a of the Social Services
Law to provide that such section will not apply to any regulations
establishing workload standards promulgated pursuant to section 421
(c) of the Social Services Law.

Section two of this bill amends section 421 of the Social Services Law
by adding a new paragraph (c) to create workload standards for child
protective services which shall be no more than fifteen active cases
per month per full-time child protective services worker.

Section three of this bill amends paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of
section 423 of the Social Services Law to provide that the sufficient
staff requirement for child protective services offices will be

subject to section (c) of section 421 of the Social Services Law, as
amended by section 2 of this bill.

Section four of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on
the seven hundred thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.

JUSTIFICATION:

It has been shown that smaller caseloads are important to the success
of child protective services. New York City's Administration for
Children's Services has taken this approach and has substantially
lowered their caseload ratios to the benefit of the children. This
proposal builds upon a 2006 Office of Children and Family Services
study, which was required pursuant to Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2006,
on Child Protective Services caseloads.

Last year, the Legislature passed A.9873/S.7524 that would have
required local departments of social services to file an annual report
including staffing levels and the average caseloads of their child
protective services' employees. On December 29, 2014, the Governor
issued veto message 577 disapproving this legislation stating that he
supports "the sponsors' goal to limit caseloads in CPS in order to
ensure the effective investigation of child abuse and maltreatment.
However, the reports required by this bill would not provide a useful
view of caseloads but would merely add another bureaucratic
requirement. The required information would not take into account the
many variables that impact employee workloads such as the nature of
allegations, the complexity of each case, or the number of children in
a household." While veto message 577 states that the Office of
Children and Family Services "regularly produces data regarding CPS
caseloads" and directs OCFS to "make appropriate CPS caseload data


publicly available on its website," OCFS has yet to make current
information available on its website.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2014: S.7523 - 3rd Reading Calendar.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the seven hundred thirtieth day after it
shall have become a law.

S2691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2691

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  directing  the
  office of children and family services to establish workload standards
  for child protective services workers

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

  Section 1.  Section 20-a of the social services law, as added by chap-
ter 107 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
  S 20-a.  Local personnel; limitations on department's power.  Notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of  this  chapter,  the  board,  the
commissioner  or  the  department, acting singly or in unison, shall not
have the power, directly  or  indirectly  to  prescribe  the  number  of
persons  to  be  employed  in any social services district providing the
district complies with the minimum federal standards  relating  thereto;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  ESTAB-
LISHING WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS PROMUL-
GATED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. Subdivision 4 of section  421  of  the  social  services  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  RELATING TO WORKLOAD STANDARDS FOR CHILD
PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WHICH SHALL BE NO MORE THAN  FIFTEEN  ACTIVE  CASES
PER  MONTH  PER  FULL  TIME CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKER. NOTHING IN
THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO FORBID THE OFFICE FROM PROMULGATING
REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE AN  AVERAGE  WORKLOAD  STANDARD  OF  LESS  THAN
FIFTEEN  ACTIVE  CASES PER MONTH PER FULL TIME CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
WORKER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05876-01-5

S. 2691                             2

  S 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1  of  section  423  of  the  social
services  law,  as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to read as follows:
  (c)  The  child  protective  service  shall  have  a sufficient staff,
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
SECTION  FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE, of sufficient qualifica-
tions to fulfill the purposes of this title and be organized in  such  a
way as to maximize the continuity of responsibility, care and service of
individual  workers  toward  individual  children and families. A social
services district shall have flexibility in assigning staff to the child
protective service provided that each staff assigned to such service has
the staff qualifications and has received the training required  by  the
department  regulations  promulgated  pursuant  to subdivisions four and
five of section four hundred twenty-one of this title.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the  seven  hundred  thirtieth  day
after it shall have become a law.

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May 23, 2016 - floor Vote

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Apr 11, 2016 - Finance committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: Apr 11, 2016

Feb 9, 2016 - Social Services committee Vote

Social Services Committee Vote: Feb 9, 2016

Jun 15, 2015 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2015

Jun 15, 2015 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 15, 2015

Jun 2, 2015 - Social Services committee Vote

Social Services Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2015

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May 23, 2016 - floor Vote

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Apr 11, 2016 - Finance committee Vote

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Feb 9, 2016 - Social Services committee Vote

Social Services Committee Vote: Feb 9, 2016

Jun 15, 2015 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2015

Jun 15, 2015 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 15, 2015

Jun 2, 2015 - Social Services committee Vote

Social Services Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2015

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Tony Avella

Timothy M. Kennedy

S2691 (ACTIVE) - Details

S2691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2691 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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