Bill Text: NY A08176 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the office of children and family services to complete a report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses, including adoption fees, medical and legal fees, court costs and any other related expenses paid or incurred by a taxpayer attributed to the adoption of a child in foster care.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - substituted by s7697 [A08176 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08176-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8176--B Cal. No. 792 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 11, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, LUPARDO, SEPULVEDA -- 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 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to direct the office of children and family services to complete a report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses, including adoption fees, medical and legal fees, court costs and any other related expenses paid or incurred by a taxpayer attributed to the adoption of a child in foster care The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The office of children and family services, in consulta- 2 tion with the department of taxation and finance, shall complete a 3 report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses, including adoption 4 fees, medical and legal fees, court costs and any other related expenses 5 paid or incurred by a taxpayer attributed to the adoption of a child in 6 foster care. 7 2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to: 8 (a) the trend of adoptions for children in foster care over the past 9 ten years; 10 (b) how many children have aged out of foster care in the past ten 11 years while in the custody of the state; 12 (c) the length of the waiting period prior to adoption for children 13 who were in the state foster care system; 14 (d) the racial and ethnic breakdown of children adopted; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07701-04-6A. 8176--B 2 1 (e) the current number of children who have been placed in the foster 2 care system more than once over the past three years; 3 (f) the number of children in foster care with a parent or parents in 4 prison; 5 (g) efforts in place by the office of children and family services to 6 help promote adoption awareness, education and possibilities for chil- 7 dren in the foster care system that are eligible for adoption; and 8 (h) the total amount spent by the office of children and family 9 services and organizations contracted by such office in the promotion of 10 adoptions. 11 3. The report required pursuant to this act shall be provided to the 12 governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the 13 assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of 14 the assembly, on or before July 30, 2017. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law.