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 Subtitle B of title 3 of article 19-G of the executive law 2 is REPEALED. 3 § 2.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