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Assembly Bill A5242

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program

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2021-A5242 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S107
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Children
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7855, S5827
2023-2024: A8341, S7819
2025-2026: A4122, S1761

2021-A5242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2021-A5242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5242
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT authorizing and directing  the  office  of  children  and  family
   services  to conduct a study on the family assessment response program
   and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
   of

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The office of children and family services, in conjunction
 with the inspector general, is authorized  and  directed  to  conduct  a
 study on the family assessment response program. Such study shall:
   (a)  determine  if the program is accomplishing the program's intended
 goals;
   (b) determine if the program is being operated as designed;
   (c) identify areas where the program can be improved;
   (d) suggest changes to the program to improve areas where the  program
 needs improvement;
   (e) specify why certain areas of the program require changes;
   (f)  identify  if  localities  should  be  designing family assessment
 response programs or following a  template  that  has  been  vetted  and
 crafted by the state;
   (g)  determine  if  the  program  is worth expanding across the state,
 making the program either an opt-out or mandatory program; and
   (h) examining the expected expansion of the family assessment response
 program into New York City including, but not limited to:
   (i) how has the program worked in New York City prior  to  the  expan-
 sion; and
   (ii)  expected  outcomes for child welfare investigations in the city;
 and
   (i) study anything else the office of children and family services  or
 the  inspector  general  determines necessary to determine if the family
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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