Bill Text: NY S02678 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability; makes technical changes to certain provisions of law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.161 [S02678 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S02678-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2678

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT amend the social services law, in relation  to  making  technical
          changes  to certain provisions of such law; to repeal sections 2, 3, 4
          and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending  the  social  services
          law  relating  to requiring maintained records for certain children to
          include whether they have a developmental disability; and conducting a
          study on the number of children in foster care  who  have  a  develop-
          mental  disability; as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A
          and A. 8846-A, in relation to conducting  a  study  to  determine  the
          number  of  children in foster care and who have been diagnosed with a
          developmental disability; and to amend a chapter of the laws  of  2024
          amending  the  social  services  law  relating to requiring maintained
          records for certain children to include whether they have  a  develop-
          mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in
          foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legis-
          lative  bills  numbers  S.  8679-A  and  A. 8846-A, in relation to the
          effectiveness thereof

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

     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 372 of
     2  the social services law, as amended by a chapter of  the  laws  of  2024
     3  amending  the  social  services  law  relating to requiring   maintained
     4  records for certain children to include whether  they  have  a  develop-
     5  mental  disability;  and conducting a study on the number of children in
     6  foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legisla-
     7  tive bills numbers S. 8679-A and A.  8846-A,  are  amended  to  read  as
     8  follows:
     9    (b)  [his  or  her]  the  child's  sex and date and place of birth, if
    10  ascertainable, or [his or her] the child's apparent age;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 2678                             2

     1    (c) the full and true names and places of birth of [his  or  her]  the
     2  child's  parents,  and [their] such parents' actual residence if living,
     3  or [their] such parents' latest known residence, if deceased  or  where-
     4  abouts  unknown  and  the  name and actual residence of any other person
     5  having  custody  of  the  child, as nearly as the same can reasonably be
     6  ascertained;
     7    § 2. Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024  amending
     8  the  social  services  law  relating to requiring maintained records for
     9  certain children to include whether they have a developmental  disabili-
    10  ty;  and conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who
    11  have a  developmental  disability,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
    12  numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are REPEALED.
    13    §  3.  Section  6 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social
    14  services law relating to requiring maintained records for certain  chil-
    15  dren  to  include  whether  they  have  a  developmental disability; and
    16  conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who  have  a
    17  developmental  disability,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
    18  8679-A and A.  8846-A, is renumbered section 2 and amended  to  read  as
    19  follows:
    20    §  2. This act shall take effect [immediately] one year after it shall
    21  have become a law.
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    23  sections  one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and
    24  in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 relating to  requir-
    25  ing maintained records for certain children to include whether they have
    26  a  developmental  disability;  and  conducting  a study on the number of
    27  children in foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed
    28  in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, takes effect.