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Assembly Bill A5893

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows prospective and current agency personnel receive certification through remote training methods

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2025-A5893 - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409-g, Soc Serv L

2025-A5893 - Summary

Allows prospective and current agency personnel to receive certification through remote training methods.

2025-A5893 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5893
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law,  in relation to allowing
   prospective and current agency  personnel  complete  training  through
   remote training methods

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 409-g of the social services law, as added by chap-
 ter 611 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
   § 409-g.  Training of child welfare personnel. 1. Within  the  amounts
 appropriated  therefor,  including all federal reimbursement received or
 to be received on account thereof,  the  department  shall  develop  and
 implement a plan for  the training of social services district and other
 authorized  agency  personnel,  including  caseworkers  involved  in the
 provision or supervision of preventive services,  foster  care  services
 and  adoption  services.    Such  training shall include but need not be
 limited to:
   [1.   Permanence] (A) PERMANENCE  casework:    casework  methodologies
 focused on activities designed to prevent placement in foster care or to
 shorten  the  length  of  stay  in  care  for  those children who can be
 returned home or freed for adoption;
   [2.  Development] (B) DEVELOPMENT of skills  to  facilitate  rehabili-
 tation or restoration of the family unit;
   [3.    Development] (C) DEVELOPMENT of knowledge and skills in legally
 freeing children for adoption and providing adoption services;
   [4.  Development] (D) DEVELOPMENT of knowledge and skills  to  prepare
 for court processes necessary in foster care and adoption; and
   [5.   Development] (E) DEVELOPMENT of case management skills including
 planning for permanence for each child.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
 OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND REGU-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06807-01-5

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2025-A5893A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409-g, Soc Serv L

2025-A5893A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows prospective and current agency personnel to receive certification through remote training methods.

2025-A5893A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5893--A
                                                         Cal. No. 146
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, MEEKS, ZINERMAN -- read once and referred
   to  the Committee on Children and Families -- ordered to a third read-
   ing -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate,  recalled  from
   the  Senate,  vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  allowing
   prospective  and  current  agency  personnel complete training through
   remote training methods
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 409-g of the social services law, as added by chap-
 ter 611 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
   §  409-g.   Training of child welfare personnel. 1. Within the amounts
 appropriated therefor, including all federal reimbursement  received  or
 to  be  received  on  account  thereof, the department shall develop and
 implement a plan for  the training of social services district and other
 authorized agency  personnel,  including  caseworkers  involved  in  the
 provision  or  supervision  of preventive services, foster care services
 and adoption services.   Such training shall include  but  need  not  be
 limited to:
   [1.    Permanence]  (A)  PERMANENCE casework:   casework methodologies
 focused on activities designed to prevent placement in foster care or to
 shorten the length of stay  in  care  for  those  children  who  can  be
 returned home or freed for adoption;
   [2.    Development]  (B) DEVELOPMENT of skills to facilitate rehabili-
 tation or restoration of the family unit;
   [3.  Development] (C) DEVELOPMENT of knowledge and skills  in  legally
 freeing children for adoption and providing adoption services;
   [4.    Development] (D) DEVELOPMENT of knowledge and skills to prepare
 for court processes necessary in foster care and adoption; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06807-03-6

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