Bill Text: NY A00339 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 339 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-16 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [A00339 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00339-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           339
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KIM, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, SEPULVEDA, CRESPO, MOYA,
          STECK, FAHY, FRIEND, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,
          COOK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and
          Families
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the New
          York State Reuniting Families Act
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
     2  State Reuniting Families Act."
     3    §  2. Clause (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of subdivision 3
     4  of section 384-b of the social services law, as amended by  chapter  113
     5  of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (D)  the  parent  or parents are incarcerated, involved in immigration
     7  removal proceedings, including detention or deportation, or  participat-
     8  ing  in  a  residential  substance abuse treatment program, or the prior
     9  incarceration, involvement in immigration removal proceedings, including
    10  detention or deportation, or participation of a parent or parents  in  a
    11  residential substance abuse treatment program is a significant factor in
    12  why the child has been in foster care for fifteen of the last twenty-two
    13  months,  provided  that  the  parent  maintains a meaningful role in the
    14  child's life based on the criteria set forth in subparagraph (v) of this
    15  paragraph and the agency has not documented a reason why it would other-
    16  wise be appropriate to file a petition pursuant to this section.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    18  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05196-01-7