STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5827

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 15, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

        AN ACT authorizing and directing  the  office  of  children  and  family
          services  to conduct a study on the family assessment response program
          and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
          of

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

     1    Section  1. The office of children and family services, in conjunction
     2  with the inspector general, is authorized  and  directed  to  conduct  a
     3  study on the family assessment response program. Such study shall:
     4    (a)  determine  if the program is accomplishing the program's intended
     5  goals;
     6    (b) determine if the program is being operated as designed;
     7    (c) identify areas where the program can be improved;
     8    (d) suggest changes to the program to improve areas where the  program
     9  needs improvement;
    10    (e) specify why certain areas of the program require changes;
    11    (f)  identify  if  localities  should  be  designing family assessment
    12  response programs or following a  template  that  has  been  vetted  and
    13  crafted by the state;
    14    (g)  determine  if  the  program  is worth expanding across the state,
    15  making the program either an opt-out or mandatory program; and
    16    (h) examining the expected expansion of the family assessment response
    17  program into New York City including, but not limited to:
    18    (i) how has the program worked in New York City prior  to  the  expan-
    19  sion; and
    20    (ii)  expected  outcomes for child welfare investigations in the city;
    21  and
    22    (i) study anything else the office of children and family services  or
    23  the  inspector  general  determines necessary to determine if the family

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  assessment response program  is  working  as  designed,  if  it  can  be
     2  improved, and if it is worth expanding and/or mandating state-wide.
     3    §  2.  The office of children and family services, in conjunction with
     4  the inspector general, shall publish a report containing  the  finds  of
     5  the study. Such report shall be delivered to the governor, the temporary
     6  president  of  the senate, and the speaker of the assembly no later than
     7  one year after the effective date of this act.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     9  deemed repealed two years after such effective date.