Senate Bill S3980

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25

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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-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§532-a, 532-b, 532-d & 420, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7715

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25, for the purposes of the runaway and homeless youth program.

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3980
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding the applica-
   tion of the runaway and homeless youth program to youth under  twenty-
   five years of age

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 6 of section 532-a of the executive law,
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 800 of the laws of 1985 and subdivi-
 sion 6 as amended by section 6 of part G of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of
 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  "Homeless youth" shall mean a person under the age of [twenty-one]
 TWENTY-FIVE who is in need of services and is without a place of shelter
 where supervision and care are available.
   6. "Transitional independent living support program"  shall  mean  any
 non-residential  program  approved  by the office of children and family
 services after submission by the municipality as part of its  comprehen-
 sive  plan,  or any residential facility approved by the office of chil-
 dren and family services after submission by the municipality as part of
 its comprehensive plan to offer youth development programs,  established
 and operated to provide supportive services, for a period of up to eigh-
 teen months in accordance with the regulations of the office of children
 and  family  services,  to  enable  homeless  youth  between the ages of
 sixteen and [twenty-one] TWENTY-FIVE to progress from  crisis  care  and
 transitional  care  to independent living. Such transitional independent
 living support program may also provide services to  youth  in  need  of
 crisis  intervention or respite services. Notwithstanding the time limi-
 tation in paragraph (i) of subdivision  (d)  of  section  seven  hundred
 thirty-five of the family court act, residential respite services may be
 provided  in  a  transitional  independent  living support program for a
 period of more than twenty-one days.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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