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Assembly Bill A339

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

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2017-A339 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2201
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §384-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6377, S4185
2015-2016: A2432, S2516
2019-2020: A2106, S5024

2017-A339 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act.

2017-A339 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    339
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KIM, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, SEPULVEDA, CRESPO, MOYA,
   STECK, FAHY, FRIEND, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,
   COOK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and
   Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the New
   York State Reuniting Families Act

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 State Reuniting Families Act."
   §  2. Clause (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of subdivision 3
 of section 384-b of the social services law, as amended by  chapter  113
 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (D)  the  parent  or parents are incarcerated, INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION
 REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION, or  participat-
 ing  in  a  residential  substance abuse treatment program, or the prior
 incarceration, INVOLVEMENT IN IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING
 DETENTION OR DEPORTATION, or participation of a parent or parents  in  a
 residential substance abuse treatment program is a significant factor in
 why the child has been in foster care for fifteen of the last twenty-two
 months,  provided  that  the  parent  maintains a meaningful role in the
 child's life based on the criteria set forth in subparagraph (v) of this
 paragraph and the agency has not documented a reason why it would other-
 wise be appropriate to file a petition pursuant to this section.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05196-01-7

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