Assembly Bill A3619

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth

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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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2019-A3619 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1481
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §532-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9804, S6615
2015-2016: A4989, S62
2017-2018: A2662, S277

2019-A3619 - Summary

Expands the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth.

2019-A3619 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3619
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, JAFFEE, DE LA ROSA -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
   Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding the duties
   of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay,
   bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 532-e of the executive law, as amended by chapter
 182 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   § 532-e. Powers and duties  of  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services.  The  office  of children and family services shall:  [(a)] 1.
 visit, inspect and make periodic reports on the operation  and  adequacy
 of approved runaway programs and transitional independent living support
 programs;
   [(b)]  2.  certify  residential  facilities  providing care to runaway
 and/or homeless youth, provided, however, that no certification shall be
 issued or renewed until it can be demonstrated that a  program  operated
 pursuant  to  this  article  has  consistent with appropriate collective
 bargaining agreements and applicable provisions  of  the  civil  service
 law,  developed and implemented a procedure for reviewing and evaluating
 the backgrounds of and the information supplied by any  person  applying
 to  be an employee, volunteer or consultant, which shall include but not
 be limited to the following requirements: that the applicants set  forth
 his  or  her  employment history, provide personal and employment refer-
 ences and sign a sworn statement indicating whether  the  applicant,  to
 the  best of his or her knowledge, has ever been convicted of a crime in
 this state or any other jurisdiction;
   [(c)] 3. maintain a register of  approved  runaway  programs,  transi-
 tional  independent  living  support  programs  and runaway and homeless
 youth service coordinators;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-A3619A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1481
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §532-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9804, S6615
2015-2016: A4989, S62
2017-2018: A2662, S277

2019-A3619A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth.

2019-A3619A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3619--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, JAFFEE, DE LA ROSA, AUBRY, REYES, DICKENS,
   SIMOTAS,  EPSTEIN,  TAYLOR,  M. G. MILLER,  CRUZ,  JEAN-PIERRE, SIMON,
   GRIFFIN, D'URSO, FALL, COOK, ARROYO, SAYEGH, QUART,  O'DONNELL,  BRON-
   SON,  LAVINE,  STECK,  GOTTFRIED,  GLICK,  MOSLEY,  FERNANDEZ, RIVERA,
   WILLIAMS, FRONTUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SEAWRIGHT --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families -- commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding  the  duties
   of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay,
   bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 532-e of the executive law, as amended  by  chapter
 182 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   § 532-e. Powers  and  duties  of  the  office  of  children and family
 services. The office of children and family services shall:    [(a)]  1.
 visit,  inspect  and make periodic reports on the operation and adequacy
 of approved runaway programs and transitional independent living support
 programs;
   [(b)] 2. certify residential  facilities  providing  care  to  runaway
 and/or homeless youth, provided, however, that no certification shall be
 issued  or  renewed until it can be demonstrated that a program operated
 pursuant to this article  has  consistent  with  appropriate  collective
 bargaining  agreements  and  applicable  provisions of the civil service
 law, developed and implemented a procedure for reviewing and  evaluating
 the  backgrounds  of and the information supplied by any person applying
 to be an employee, volunteer or consultant, which shall include but  not
 be  limited to the following requirements: that the applicants set forth
 his or her employment history, provide personal  and  employment  refer-
 ences  and  sign  a sworn statement indicating whether the applicant, to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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