Assembly Bill A9800A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one

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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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2021-A9800 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8833
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §2, Chap 11 of 2021; amd §17, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2176, S5897

2021-A9800 - Summary

Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; repeals provisions relating to directing the office of children and family services to make information publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effectiveness thereof.

2021-A9800 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9800
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 18, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  reporting  of
   youth  placed  in  foster  care  settings  and  recruitment  of foster
   parents; and to repeal section 2 of chapter 11 of the  laws  of  2021,
   relating  to  directing  the office of children and family services to
   make information publicly available on the number of youth  placed  in
   foster  care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effec-
   tiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  2 of chapter 11 of the laws of 2021, relating to
 directing the office of children and family services to make information
 publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings
 and recruitment of foster parents  and  the  effectiveness  thereof,  is
 REPEALED.
   §  2. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision (l) to read as follows:
   (L) SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  AND
 THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE BEGINNING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, AND BIANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  REGARDING  YOUTH
 PLACED  IN  FOSTER  CARE SETTINGS AND THE RECRUITMENT OF FOSTER PARENTS.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE  AND  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION,  AS  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION, AGGREGATED BY
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICTS  AND  FOSTER  CARE  SETTINGS.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, FOSTER CARE SETTINGS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, FOSTER BOARDING HOMES, APPROVED RELATIVE HOMES, GROUP
 HOMES, GROUP RESIDENCES,  AGENCY  OPERATED  BOARDING  HOMES,  SUPERVISED
 INDEPENDENT  LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE AND CHILD CARE
 INSTITUTIONS. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I)  THE  TOTAL NUMBER OF YOUTH PLACED IN A FOSTER CARE SETTING AT THE
 TIME OF THE REPORT, AS WELL AS A COMPARISON TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF YOUTH
 IN CARE SINCE THE PREVIOUS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A9800A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8833
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §2, Chap 11 of 2021; amd §17, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2176, S5897

2021-A9800A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; repeals provisions relating to directing the office of children and family services to make information publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effectiveness thereof.

2021-A9800A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9800--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 18, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Children and Families -- reported and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to reporting of
   youth placed  in  foster  care  settings  and  recruitment  of  foster
   parents;  and  to  repeal section 2 of chapter 11 of the laws of 2021,
   relating to directing the office of children and  family  services  to
   make  information  publicly available on the number of youth placed in
   foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the  effec-
   tiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 11 of the laws of  2021,  relating  to
 directing the office of children and family services to make information
 publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings
 and  recruitment  of  foster  parents  and the effectiveness thereof, is
 REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision (l) to read as follows:
   (L)  SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY
 AND  THE  MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE BEGINNING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, AND BIANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  REGARDING  YOUTH
 PLACED  IN  FOSTER  CARE SETTINGS AND THE RECRUITMENT OF FOSTER PARENTS.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE  AND  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION,  AS  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION, AGGREGATED BY
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICTS  AND  FOSTER  CARE  SETTINGS.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, FOSTER CARE SETTINGS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, FOSTER BOARDING HOMES, APPROVED RELATIVE HOMES, GROUP
 HOMES, GROUP RESIDENCES,  AGENCY  OPERATED  BOARDING  HOMES,  SUPERVISED
 INDEPENDENT  LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE AND CHILD CARE
 INSTITUTIONS. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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