NY State Senate Bill S2585

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 09, 2021	signed chap.659
Nov 29, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 03, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.353 substituted for a6665a
Jun 01, 2021	referred to children and families returned to assembly repassed senate
May 26, 2021	amended on third reading (t) 2585a
May 26, 2021	vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recalled from assembly
Mar 04, 2021	referred to children and families delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 08, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 03, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 02, 2021	1st report cal.265
Jan 22, 2021	referred to children and families

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S2585 - Details

Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §372-f, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4976
2017-2018: S1772
2019-2020: S4004

S2585 - Summary

Requires OCFS to provide information relating to post adoption services on its website in certain languages for those with limited English proficiency; requires authorized agencies to advise foster parents of the availability of such information in such languages.

S2585 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2585

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring agen-
cies to provide potential adoptive parents with information concerning
state-funded benefits or services received by a foster child that expire
upon adoption

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The bill amends section 372-f of the social services law by adding a new
subdivision 5 that requires the Office of Children and Family Services
to promulgate regulations for authorized agencies in the state to
provide a foster parent with a list of any publicly-funded benefits or
services that such foster child is currently eligible for, but shall
expire upon the adoption of such foster child. If a service shall
expire, information shall be provided if that service is available in
the community or how it can be obtained from other private sources. The
information would be available on such office's website.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Challenges among adoptive families may not emerge until sometime after
the adoption is completed, when the family no longer interacts with the
state adoption service. It is therefore important that foster parents
receive information on available or expiring services prior to the
completion of the adoption proceeding. Such information would prevent
disruption in access to essential services for foster children and their
families. This legislation helps potential adoptive families in achiev-
ing and maintaining permanency by providing them with information about
any benefits or services that their children are eligible for, but will
expire upon the adoption.  Also, if a service is about to expire upon
the adoption of a foster child, information on whether that service is
available in community or private sources will be provided to adoptive
families to help them make seamless transitions for their children.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

201-18: S1772/A7616 - RULES/passed assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
90 Days after it shall have become a law.

S2585 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2585
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- 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 requiring  agen-
   cies to provide potential adoptive parents with information concerning
   state-funded  benefits  or  services  received  by a foster child that
   expire upon adoption
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  372-f  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGU-
 LATIONS  WHICH SHALL REQUIRE AUTHORIZED AGENCIES IN THE STATE TO PROVIDE
 A FOSTER PARENT, WHO HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ADOPTING A FOSTER  CHILD,
 WITH A LIST OF ANY PUBLICLY-FUNDED BENEFITS OR SERVICES THAT SUCH FOSTER
 CHILD  WILL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR UPON THE ADOPTION OF SUCH FOSTER CHILD AS
 WELL AS A LIST OF ANY PUBLICLY-FUNDED BENEFITS  OR  SERVICES  THAT  SUCH
 FOSTER  CHILD  IS  CURRENTLY  ELIGIBLE  FOR,  BUT  SHALL EXPIRE UPON THE
 ADOPTION OF SUCH FOSTER CHILD. IF A SERVICE  SHALL  EXPIRE,  INFORMATION
 SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  ON IF THAT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY OR
 HOW THAT SERVICE CAN BE OBTAINED  FROM  OTHER  PRIVATE  SOURCES.    SUCH
 INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE PUBLIC ON SUCH OFFICE'S
 WEBSITE.
   § 2. 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.
                                                            LBD08757-01-1

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S2585A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §372-f, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4976
2017-2018: S1772
2019-2020: S4004

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2585A

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to post adoption
services information

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The bill amends section 372-h of the social services law to require that
the Office of Children and Family Services shall publish on its website
a language-accessible list of any publicly-funded benefits or services
that are available for post.-:adoption services, and that authorized be
directed to make this information available to prospective foster
parents.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Challenges among adoptive families may not emerge until sometime after
the adoption is completed, when the family no longer interacts with the

state adoption service. It is therefore important that foster parents
receive information on available or expiring services prior to the
completion of the adoption proceeding. Such information would prevent
disruption in access to essential services for foster children and their
families. This legislation helps potential adoptive families in achiev-
ing and maintaining permanency by providing them with information about
any benefits or services that their children are eligible for, but will
expire upon the adoption.  Also, if a service is about to expire upon
the adoption of a foster child, information on whether that service is
available in community or private sources will be provided to adoptive
families to help them make seamless transitions for their children.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

201-18: 51772/A7616 - RULES/passed assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become law.

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2585--A
     Cal. No. 265
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Children and
   Families -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to  first
   and  second  report,  ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and
   delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored  to
   third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
   the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  post  adoption
   services information
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 372-h of the  social  services  law,  as  added  by
 section  1  of  part  T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 372-h. Reporting on post adoption services. 1. The office  of  chil-
 dren  and  family  services  shall  place  information on its website IN
 ENGLISH, FRENCH, POLISH, AND THE TEN MOST COMMON  NON-ENGLISH  LANGUAGES
 SPOKEN  BY  INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK, BASED ON UNITED STATES CENSUS  DATA  regarding  post  adoption
 services  funded  by  the  office.  The  office  shall  work with social
 services districts to place information, to the extent that it is avail-
 able, on each social  services  district  website  IN  ENGLISH,  FRENCH,
 POLISH, AND THE TEN MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVID-
 UALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BASED ON
 UNITED STATES CENSUS DATA regarding post adoption services funded by the
 social  services  district.    AUTHORIZED AGENCIES SHALL NOTIFY A FOSTER
 PARENT, WHO HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ADOPTING A FOSTER CHILD,  OF  SUCH
 WEBSITES  LISTING POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE SERVICES FOR A FOSTER CHILD, UPON
 THE ADOPTION OF SUCH FOSTER CHILD.
   2. The office of  children  and  family  services  shall  collect  and
 compile, by social services district:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08757-03-1

 S. 2585--A                          2
 
   (a)  the following information on post adoption services funded by the
 office:
   (i) the number of children and families served; and
   (ii) the type of services provided; and
   (b)  the  number  of families receiving preventive services where post
 adoption services was identified as a necessary and appropriate  service
 as  part  of the family assessment service plan held pursuant to section
 four hundred nine-e of this article and the status of such services.
   3. The office of children and family services shall  compile,  to  the
 extent  that  such  information  is available electronically through the
 state automated child welfare information  system,  the  following  non-
 identifying information by social services district:
   (a)  the  number  of children entering foster care that had previously
 been adopted;
   (b) the number of families  receiving  preventive  services  where  at
 least one child in the household had previously been adopted; and
   (c) for the children and families identified in paragraphs (a) and (b)
 of  this  subdivision,  the  types  of services, including post adoption
 services, identified as necessary and appropriate for the child  or  the
 members  of  the child's family as part of the family assessment service
 plan held pursuant to section four hundred nine-e of  this  article  and
 the status of such services.
   4.  (a)  The  office of children and family services shall submit, AND
 PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE, an annual report to the speaker of the assembly,
 the temporary president of the senate and the chairpersons of the senate
 and assembly children and families committees  starting  no  later  than
 September  first,  two  thousand fifteen. Such report shall include data
 and information required by subdivision two  of  this  section  for  the
 preceding  year,  to  the extent that such information is available, and
 any other information the office of children and family  services  deems
 appropriate.  The  office of children and family services shall indicate
 the extent to which the information collected reflects the  total  popu-
 lation  described  in  subdivision two of this section, and identify any
 impediments to collecting such information.
   (b) Beginning September first,  two  thousand  seventeen,  the  annual
 report  required  by paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be expanded
 to include data and information required by subdivision  three  of  this
 section  for  the preceding year, to the extent that such information is
 available, and any other information the office of children  and  family
 services deems appropriate.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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Jun 1, 2021 - floor Vote

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Mar 4, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 4, 2021

Feb 2, 2021 - Children and Families committee Vote

Children and Families Committee Vote: Feb 2, 2021

Bill Amendments

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S2585 - Details

S2585 - Summary

S2585 - Sponsor Memo

S2585 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Details

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jabari Brisport

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Jun 1, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2021

Mar 4, 2021 - floor Vote

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Feb 2, 2021 - Children and Families committee Vote

Children and Families Committee Vote: Feb 2, 2021

Bill Amendments

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Julia Salazar

S2585 - Details

S2585 - Summary

S2585 - Sponsor Memo

S2585 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Julia Salazar

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Details

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2585A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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