NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2827

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to children and families
Jan 17, 2017	referred to children and families

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2017-S2827 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6984
Current Committee:: Senate Children And Families
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Add §372-i, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S5517, A7349
2015-2016: S1365, A5574

2017-S2827 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to post-adoption services.

2017-S2827 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2827

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to post-adoption services

 PURPOSE OF GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To gain an understanding of the availability of post-adoption services
and the impact on families receiving such services.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

This bill would add a new section 372-i of the social services law to
require the Office of Children and Family Services to collect data on
the availability of post-adoption services around the State. Such data
would include the number of adopted children placed in foster care,
the number of families who received post-adoption services and the
number of Families who were denied post- adoption services. the office
would submit an annual report to the Legislature containing such data,
an analysis of the availability of post-adoption services and
recommendations for the enhancement of services to promote permanency
in adoptions.

 JUSTIFICATION :

An adoption is the beginning of a new life for a child and his or her

adoptive parents. While most adoptive families offer a child a safe
and permanent home, others face significant challenges that threaten
the stability of the family. A child may have experienced trauma prior
to adoption that led to behavioral, mental or emotional health
problems including attachment disorders, developmental delays or
violent or disruptive behaviors. These issues may arise soon after
adoption or years down the line. Families experiencing these
challenges require specialized services tailored to the distinct needs
of adoptive families. These may include mental health services for the
child, respite or family counseling with a therapist trained on
special issues facing adoptive families. Unfortunately, these services
are riot widely available and many families suffer each year because
they have nowhere to turn for help. The results it that children are
unnecessarily placed into foster care, causing further trauma as
permanency is disrupted.

Currently, policies promoting post-adoption services arc challenged by
a lack of cohesive data illustrating the need .for such services.
This bill would remedy that by requiring the Office of Children and
Family Services to work with local social services districts,
authorized agencies end not-for-profit agencies with experience in
providing post-adoption services to collect data on the number of
adopted children entering foster care each year, as well as the
availability of post-adoption services. Such information is critical
in determining the extent to which families are in need of such
services, where a lack of services exists and the cost-benefit of
funding additional post-adoption services.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: S.1365 - Referred to Children and Families
2013-2014: S.5517 - Reported and Committed to Finance

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
August 31 following enactment.

2017-S2827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2827
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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

 S. 2827                             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.

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Kevin S. Parker

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2017-S2827 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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