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                                  2106--A
                                                         Cal. No. 227
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, CRESPO, STECK, FAHY, FRIEND,
   JEAN-PIERRE,  NIOU,  CRUZ  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
   COOK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and
   Families -- reported from committee,  advanced  to  a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the order of
   third reading
 
 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, IN  IMMIGRATION  DETENTION
 OR  IMMIGRATION  REMOVAL  PROCEEDINGS, or participating in a residential
 substance abuse treatment program, or  the  prior  incarceration,  IMMI-
 GRATION  DETENTION  OR IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, 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 otherwise  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.
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