Bill Text: NY A04798 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes the independent office of the child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of the rights of children in the care of any state agency or local social services district; repeals certain provisions relating to the office of the ombudsman.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [A04798 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04798-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         4798--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK, TITUS, PAULIN, BENEDETTO, PEOPLES-STOKES,
          COLTON, GALEF, PERRY, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINAN-
          TI, ARROYO, CAHILL, COOK,  CROUCH,  FARRELL,  FINCH,  GANTT,  GOODELL,
          GOTTFRIED,   HIKIND,  JAFFEE,  KAVANAGH,  LIFTON,  LUPARDO,  McKEVITT,
          McLAUGHLIN, MILLER, MONTESANO, ORTIZ, ROBINSON, ROSENTHAL,  WRIGHT  --
          read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Children and Families --
          recommitted to the Committee on Children and  Families  in  accordance
          with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  establishment  of
          the  independent  office  of the child advocate; and repealing certain
          provisions of such law relating to the office of the ombudsman
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subtitle B of title 3 of article 19-G of the executive law
     2  is REPEALED.
     3    § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 19-I to read
     4  as follows:
     5                                ARTICLE 19-I
     6                  INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE
     7  Section 533. Independent office of the child advocate; creation.
     8          534. Definitions.
     9          535. The child advocate.
    10          536. Duties of the child advocate.
    11          537. Powers of the independent office of the child advocate.
    12          538. Duty to maintain confidentiality.
    13          539. Additional provisions.
    14    § 533. Independent office of the child advocate;  creation.  There  is
    15  hereby created in the executive department, an independent office of the
    16  child advocate, which shall:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08653-03-6
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