NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10463
SPONSOR: Rules (Hevesi) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 329 of the laws of 2020 amending the social
services law relating to reporting data on child welfare preventive
services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would extend the data collection and reporting requirements of
the Office of Children and Family services regarding child welfare
preventive servies.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill extends, for an additional three years, report-
ing requirements of the Office of Children and Family Services regarding
child welfare preventive services.
Section two establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Chapter 329 of 2020 required the Office of Children and Family Services
to collect and report to the legislature, valuable data on child welfare
preventive services including the total number of families receiving
services; types of services and their utilization rates; as well as the
number of preventive services cases that were closed in the preceding
calendar year.
Preventive services remain essential in reducing the total number of
children who enter the foster care system each year. Types of preventive
services include but are not limited to, housing assistance, child care,
clinical services, home visiting, transportation, and job training and
education opportunities. Given the important role preventive services
play in keeping families together, continued access to such data is
necessary to assess the utilization and effectiveness of child welfare
preventive services throughout the state.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is new legislation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10463
IN ASSEMBLY
May 29, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend chapter 329 of the laws of 2020 amending the social
services law relating to reporting data on child welfare preventive
services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 329 of the laws of 2020 amending the
2 social services law relating to reporting data on child welfare preven-
3 tive services, as amended by chapter 16 of the laws of 2021, is amended
4 to read as follows:
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
6 deemed repealed September 1, [2024] 2027.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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