Bill Text: NY S04598 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4598 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to chemical testing for prospective foster parents; includes, but is not limited to drug and alcohol testing; authorizes office of children and family services to issue random chemical testing, including but not limited to, drug testing, to foster parents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S04598 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04598-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4598
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 15, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
          Families
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to chemical testing
          for prospective foster care parents
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 378 of the social services law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. (a) No such license or certificate shall be awarded to  a  prospec-
     4  tive foster parent prior to chemical testing, including, but not limited
     5  to, drug and alcohol testing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
     6  to  the  contrary,  an  application  for  certification  or licensure or
     7  approval of a prospective foster parent shall be denied where such chem-
     8  ical testing reveals a positive presence of drugs  or  alcohol  in  such
     9  prospective foster parent.
    10    (b)  The  office  of  children  and family services shall issue random
    11  chemical testing to foster parents, including, but not limited to,  drug
    12  testing.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04960-01-9