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                                  5574

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to post-adoption
  services

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

  Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
372-i to read as follows:
  S 372-I. POST ADOPTION SERVICES. 1. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY
SERVICES  SHALL  COLLECT  DATA  AND  INFORMATION  ON THE AVAILABILITY OF
POST-ADOPTION SERVICES AROUND THE STATE.  THE  OFFICE  SHALL  WORK  WITH
LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS, AUTHORIZED AGENCIES, AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT
AGENCIES  WITH EXPERIENCE PROVIDING POST-ADOPTION SERVICES TO GATHER, TO
THE GREATEST EXTENT  POSSIBLE,  NON-IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  BY  COUNTY
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  A. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENTERING FOSTER CARE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN
ADOPTED;
  B. THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO RECEIVED POST-ADOPTION SERVICES;
  C.  THE  NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHO HAD
RECEIVED POST-ADOPTION SERVICES AND WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES WERE RENDERED;
  D. THE NUMBER OF DENIED REQUESTS FOR SERVICES, AND THE REASON FOR SUCH
DENIALS; AND
  E. THE TYPE OF SERVICE FOR WHICH REQUESTS WERE DENIED.
  2. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO
THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,  THE
MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE NO
LATER  THAN  SEPTEMBER  FIRST OF EACH YEAR WITH THE DATA AND INFORMATION
REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR THE PRECEDING YEAR.  THE
OFFICE  SHALL  INCLUDE  AN ANALYSIS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF POST-ADOPTION
SERVICES STATEWIDE AND REGIONALLY, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROVISIONS OF
SUCH SERVICES PREVENTS THE DISRUPTION OF ADOPTIONS  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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FOR  SPECIFIC SERVICES TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENCY OF ADOPTIVE PLACEMENTS.
THE OFFICE SHALL INDICATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE INFORMATION  COLLECTED
REFLECTS  THE  TOTAL  POPULATION  DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION, AND IDENTIFY ANY IMPEDIMENTS TO COLLECTING SUCH INFORMATION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  the thirty-first of August next
succeeding the date on which it  shall  have  become  a  law;  provided,
however,  that  effective  immediately,  the  addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.