Senate Bill S2075

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to placement of former foster care youth during a certain state of emergency

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1255 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1255
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1055 & 1091, Fam Ct Act; amd §3, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.8834 & A. 10581-B)

2021-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to placement of former foster care youth during a certain state of emergency.

2021-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2075
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act and a chapter of the laws  of  2020
   amending  the  family court act, relating to the placement of a former
   foster care youth during a certain state of emergency, as proposed  in
   legislative  bills numbers S.8834 and A.10581-B, in relation to place-
   ment without a motion and motions being heard  and  determined  on  an
   expedited basis and in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 1055 of the family court act, as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the family court  act,
 relating to the placement of a former foster care youth during a certain
 state  of emergency, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8834 and
 A.10581-B, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) (i) No placement may be  made  or  continued  under  this  section
 beyond the child's eighteenth birthday without his or her consent and in
 no event past his or her twenty-first birthday. However, a former foster
 care  youth  under  the  age of twenty-one who was previously discharged
 from foster care due to a failure to consent to continuation  of  place-
 ment  may  make  a motion pursuant to section one thousand ninety-one of
 this act to return to the custody of the local  commissioner  of  social
 services  or  other  officer,  board or department authorized to receive
 children as public charges. In such motion, the youth  must  consent  to
 enrollment  in  and attendance at a vocational or educational program in
 accordance with paragraph two of subdivision (a) of section one thousand
 ninety-one of this act.
   (ii) Provided, however, that during the state  of  emergency  declared
 pursuant  to Executive Order 202 of 2020, OR ANY EXTENSION OR SUBSEQUENT
 EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED in response to the novel  coronavirus  (COVID-19)
 pandemic[, a]:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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