Amd §372, Soc Serv L; rpld §§2 - 5, ren §6 to be §2, amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.8679-A &
A.8846-A)
Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability; makes technical changes to certain provisions of law.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1018
SPONSOR: Hevesi TITLE OF BILL:
An act amend the social services law, in relation to making technical
changes to certain provisions of such law; to repeal sections 2, 3, 4
and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services law
relating to requiring maintained records for certain children to include
whether they have a developmental disability; and conducting a study on
the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disabili-
ty; as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, in
relation to conducting a study to determine the number of children in
foster care and who have been diagnosed with a developmental disability;
and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services
law relating to requiring maintained records for certain children to
include whether they have a developmental disability; and conducting a
study on the number of children in foster care who have a developmental
disability, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A.
8846-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to update current law related to conducting
a study on the number of children placed in foster care who have been
diagnosed with a developmental disability.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would repeal existing study and reporting requirements related
to children in foster care who have been diagnosed with a developmental
disability, make technical amendments to the statute to ensure gender-
neutral terminology, and extend the effective date to one year following
enactment.
JUSTIFICATION:
Chapter 663 of the Laws of 2024 required the commissioners of the Office
of Family and Child Services and the Office For People with Develop-
mental Disabilities to conduct a study on the number of children in
foster care who have been diagnosed with a developmental disability and
report relevant information to the governor and legislature. However,
amendments were necessary to eliminate the study and reporting require-
ments while ensuring relevant entities maintain records regarding this
vulnerable population. The effective date was also extended to provide
the Office of Children and Family Services with adequate time for imple-
mentation.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is new legislation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that sections
one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 relating to requiring main-
tained records for certain children to include whether they have a
developmental disability; and conducting a study on the number of chil-
dren in foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, takes effect.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1018
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Children and Families
AN ACT amend the social services law, in relation to making technical
changes to certain provisions of such law; to repeal sections 2, 3, 4
and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services
law relating to requiring maintained records for certain children to
include whether they have a developmental disability; and conducting a
study on the number of children in foster care who have a develop-
mental disability; as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A
and A. 8846-A, in relation to conducting a study to determine the
number of children in foster care and who have been diagnosed with a
developmental disability; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024
amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained
records for certain children to include whether they have a develop-
mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in
foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legis-
lative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, 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. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 372 of
2 the social services law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024
3 amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained
4 records for certain children to include whether they have a develop-
5 mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in
6 foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legisla-
7 tive bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are amended to read as
8 follows:
9 (b) [his or her] the child's sex and date and place of birth, if
10 ascertainable, or [his or her] the child's apparent age;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) the full and true names and places of birth of [his or her] the
2 child's parents, and [their] such parents' actual residence if living,
3 or [their] such parents' latest known residence, if deceased or where-
4 abouts unknown and the name and actual residence of any other person
5 having custody of the child, as nearly as the same can reasonably be
6 ascertained;
7 § 2. Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending
8 the social services law relating to requiring maintained records for
9 certain children to include whether they have a developmental disabili-
10 ty; and conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who
11 have a developmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills
12 numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are REPEALED.
13 § 3. Section 6 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social
14 services law relating to requiring maintained records for certain chil-
15 dren to include whether they have a developmental disability; and
16 conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a
17 developmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
18 8679-A and A. 8846-A, is renumbered section 2 and amended to read as
19 follows:
20 § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] one year after it shall
21 have become a law.
22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
23 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and
24 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 relating to requir-
25 ing maintained records for certain children to include whether they have
26 a developmental disability; and conducting a study on the number of
27 children in foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed
28 in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, takes effect.
