Bill Text: NY S05628 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that a foster youth who has obtained the age of eighteen shall not be required to receive a criminal history record check unless the youth's foster or adoptive parent or guardian is being certified to care for an additional foster youth who is under the age of eighteen; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-12-28 - VETOED MEMO.181 [S05628 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05628-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5628 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. 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 criminal history record checks of certain foster youths The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 378-a of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, 4 nothing in this section shall require a foster youth who has obtained 5 the age of eighteen to receive a criminal history record check, unless 6 the youth's foster or adoptive parent or guardian is being certified to 7 care for an additional foster youth who is under the age of eighteen. 8 When a foster parent applies for renewal of a certification or approval 9 as a foster parent, anyone over the age of eighteen living in the home 10 where a new foster youth under the age of eighteen is entering shall be 11 notified of the requirements of subdivision two of this section no later 12 than thirty days prior to approval of such placement. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01718-01-1
