Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 23, 2019 |
signed chap.399 |
Oct 11, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 11, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.98 substituted for a569 |
Mar 11, 2019 |
substituted by s2714 |
Mar 07, 2019 |
advanced to third reading cal.98 |
Mar 05, 2019 |
reported |
Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A569
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JAFFEE
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2714 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Tremaine Wright
2019-A569 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A569 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that when a local social services district is in contact with a relative or non-relative kinship caregiver or a suitable person who the district has approached about being a kinship caregiver, such district shall provide written information to such caregivers or prospective suitable persons; further provides that such information shall include, but not be limited to, information relating to child only grants; information about how to become a kinship foster parent and other options for care; and information on how to contact the department of family assistance kinship programs and any resources funded through or operating in the local social services district for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers, including those that provide supportive services for all relative and non-relative kinship caregivers in the district.
2019-A569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 569 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 392 of the social services law, as added by section 3 of part F of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, is amended read as follows: § 392. Services for relative AND NON-RELATIVE KINSHIP caregivers. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, WHEN A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IS IN CONTACT WITH A RELATIVE OR NON-RELATIVE KINSHIP CAREGIVER OR A SUITABLE PERSON WHO THE DISTRICT HAS APPROACHED ABOUT BEING A KINSHIP CAREGIVER, [local social services districts] SUCH DISTRICT shall [make] PROVIDE WRITTEN INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDI- VISION TWO OF THIS SECTION TO SUCH CAREGIVERS OR PROSPECTIVE SUITABLE PERSONS. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL ALSO BE MADE available through the [district's] website [or] OF BOTH THE OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT AND by other APPROPRIATE means [information for] IN A MANNER ACCESSIBLE TO relatives AND NON-RELATIVES caring for children outside of the foster care system. 2. Such information shall include but not [necessarily] be limited to: [1.] A. information relating to child only grants, including but not limited to, how to apply for child only grants; [and] B. INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO BECOME A KINSHIP FOSTER PARENT AND OTHER OPTIONS FOR CARE; AND [2.] C. information on HOW TO CONTACT THE department of family assist- ance [or] KINSHIP PROGRAMS AND ANY RESOURCES FUNDED THROUGH OR OPERATING IN THE local [department of] social services [funded resources] DISTRICT for relative AND NON-RELATIVE KINSHIP caregivers, including those that EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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