Bill Text: NY A09051 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the chief administrative judge of the New York unified court system to conduct a study on the office of court administration's housing court guardian ad litem program and to publish a report on such study.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-05 - referred to judiciary [A09051 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09051-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9051

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 5, 2024
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary

        AN ACT directing the chief administrative judge of the New York  unified
          court  system  to  conduct  a  study  on  the office of court adminis-
          tration's housing court guardian ad litem program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  chief  administrative  judge of the New York unified
     2  court system, in consultation with  New  York  state  courts  access  to
     3  justice  program,  the  unified  court  system's  guardian and fiduciary
     4  services office, the housing part of the New York city civil court,  New
     5  York city human resources administration and any other department, divi-
     6  sion, board, bureau, commission, agency or public authority of the state
     7  or any political subdivision thereof deemed necessary by the commission-
     8  ers,  shall  prepare  a  comprehensive study and report on the access to
     9  justice program's housing court guardian ad litem  program.  Such  study
    10  shall include an analysis of: (1) the total amount of guardians ad litem
    11  appointed in New York state during fiscal years ending in 2024 and 2025;
    12  (2)  the  number of guardian ad litem appointments which have been reim-
    13  bursed, whether by municipal, state, or federal agencies  or  charitable
    14  private  or  religious  organizations;  (3) an accounting of all funding
    15  streams and budget allocations specifically identified for the  guardian
    16  ad  litem  program; (4) an analysis of current guardian ad litem compen-
    17  sation and proposals for guardian ad  litem  compensation  structure  to
    18  better incentivize guardian ad litem recruitment and retention.
    19    §  2.  The  chief  administrative  judge of the New York unified court
    20  system shall publish such report to the governor, the  temporary  presi-
    21  dent  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of
    22  the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly, no later  than  the
    23  first  day  of  July  of  the year succeeding the date on which this act
    24  shall have become a law.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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