Senate Bill S5024

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

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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-S5024 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2106
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §384-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4185, A6377
2015-2016: S2516, A2432
2017-2018: S2201, A339

2019-S5024 - Summary

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act; relates to foster care and parents in immigration detention or removal proceedings.

2019-S5024 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5024 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5024
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, MONTGOMERY, SEPULVEDA -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 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,  INVOLVED  IN  IMMIGRATION
 REMOVAL  PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION, or participat-
 ing in a residential substance abuse treatment  program,  or  the  prior
 incarceration, INVOLVEMENT IN IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING
 DETENTION  OR  DEPORTATION, 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 other-
 wise 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.
                                                            LBD03634-01-9



              

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2019-S5024A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2106
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §384-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4185, A6377
2015-2016: S2516, A2432
2017-2018: S2201, A339

2019-S5024A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act; relates to foster care and parents in immigration detention or removal proceedings.

2019-S5024A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5024A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5024--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, MONTGOMERY, SEPULVEDA -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Children  and  Families  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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.
                                                            LBD03634-06-9



              

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