Assembly Bill A487

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases the state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A487 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §153-k, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10242
2023-2024: A2807

2025-A487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services from 65 to 75 percent.

2025-A487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    487
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, SHIMSKY, DE LOS SANTOS, RAGA -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the
   state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 153-k of the
 social services law, as added by section 15 of part C of chapter  83  of
 the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Expenditures  made by social services districts for child protec-
 tive services, preventive services provided, as applicable, to  eligible
 children  and  families  of  children  who are in and out of foster care
 placement, independent living services, aftercare services, and adoption
 administration and  services  other  than  adoption  subsidies  provided
 pursuant  to  article  six  of  this  chapter and the regulations of the
 department of family assistance shall, if  approved  by  the  office  of
 children  and  family  services, be subject to [sixty-five] SEVENTY-FIVE
 percent state reimbursement exclusive of any federal funds  made  avail-
 able for such purposes, in accordance with the directives of the depart-
 ment of family assistance and subject to the approval of the director of
 the budget.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 153-k of the
 social services law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01520-01-5

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