The New York State Senate

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

                                  6984

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 28, 2017
                               ___________

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:
  § 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 AGEN-
CIES WITH EXPERIENCE PROVIDING POST-ADOPTION SERVICES TO GATHER, TO  THE
GREATEST  EXTENT POSSIBLE, NON-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION BY COUNTY INCLUD-
ING 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.

                                                           LBD06267-01-7

A. 6984                             2

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.
  §  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.