Assembly Bill A161

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to standards of payment for foster care

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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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2017-A161 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §398-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9232

2017-A161 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to standards of payment for foster care; requires the office of children and family services to include, and the division of budget to approve, an increase for salaries equal to the higher of the three year average in the personal income growth index in each year's Maximum State Aid Rate or the Cost-of-Living Adjustments included in contracts for state employees.

2017-A161 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    161
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to standards of
   payment for foster care
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  398-a  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   (6) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, AND THE DIVI-
 SION OF BUDGET SHALL APPROVE, AN INCREASE  FOR  SALARIES  EQUAL  TO  THE
 HIGHER  OF THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE IN THE PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH INDEX IN
 EACH YEAR'S MAXIMUM STATE  AID  RATE  ("MSARS")  OR  THE  COST-OF-LIVING
 ADJUSTMENTS  ("COLAS")  INCLUDED IN CONTRACTS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.  NON-
 PERSONAL COSTS AND FRINGE BENEFITS SHALL BE  TRENDED  AT  LEAST  BY  THE
 APPROPRIATE  APPLICATIONS  OF  THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02634-01-7

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