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Assembly Bill A10428

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to defining the term kinship caregiver

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2019-A10428 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8332
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §371, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A3496, S54

2019-A10428 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines the term kinship caregiver.

2019-A10428 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10428
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi,
   Jaffee) -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Children  and
   Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services law, in relation to defining a
   kinship caregiver
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 371 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. "KINSHIP CAREGIVER" MEANS A RELATIVE OR NON-RELATIVE WHO IS ACTING
 AS A PARENT AND WHO:
   (A) IS RELATED TO THE CHILD THROUGH BLOOD, MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION;
   (B)  IS RELATED TO A HALF-SIBLING OF THE CHILD THROUGH BLOOD, MARRIAGE
 OR ADOPTION; OR
   (C) IS AN ADULT WITH A POSITIVE PRIOR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE  CHILD,  A
 HALF-SIBLING  OF  THE  CHILD  OR  THE CHILD'S PARENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, A STEP-PARENT, GODPARENT, NEIGHBOR OR FAMILY FRIEND.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16201-01-0

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