Bill Text: NY S08046 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to a study of the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disability; provides such study shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: assessing the demographics of the children in foster care with a developmental disability, including, but not limited to, their county of residence, age, race and gender identity, and determining whether the placement of such individuals in foster care was voluntary or court ordered; evaluating the current guidelines and regulations used to oversee the placement and treatment of children with a developmental disability; and analyzing the extent to which such age-appropriate children are prepared for a transition from foster care to an independent living situation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-23 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9080A [S08046 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S08046-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8046--A IN SENATE January 21, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to a study of the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disability The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the office of children and family 2 services, in consultation with the commissioner of the office for people 3 with developmental disabilities, shall conduct a study to determine the 4 number of children who have been placed in foster care and who have been 5 diagnosed with a developmental disability. Such study shall include, but 6 shall not be limited to, the following: 7 (a) assessing the demographics of the children in foster care with a 8 developmental disability, including, but not limited to, their county of 9 residence, age, race and gender identity, and determining whether the 10 placement of such individuals in foster care was voluntary or court 11 ordered; 12 (b) evaluating the current guidelines and regulations used to oversee 13 the placement and treatment of children with a developmental disability; 14 and 15 (c) analyzing the extent to which such age-appropriate children are 16 prepared for a transition from foster care to an independent living 17 situation. 18 § 2. For purposes of this section, "developmental disability" shall 19 have the same meaning as set forth in subdivision 22 of section 1.03 of 20 the mental hygiene law. 21 § 3. The commissioner of the office of children and family services 22 and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa- 23 bilities may acquire directly from the head of any department, agency, 24 or instrumentality of the state, available non-identifiable information 25 which the offices consider useful in the discharge of their duties. All 26 departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state shall cooper- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13318-03-2S. 8046--A 2 1 ate with the offices with respect to such information and shall furnish 2 all information requested by the offices to the extent permitted by law. 3 Information collected shall not reveal the name, social security number 4 or any other information which may be used to identify the children or 5 the family of the children. 6 § 4. The commissioner of the office of children and family services 7 and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa- 8 bilities shall submit a report of the findings of the study, with any 9 personal and identifying information redacted, conducted pursuant to 10 section one of this act, to the governor, the temporary president of the 11 senate, the speaker of the assembly and the minority leaders of the 12 senate and assembly no later than one year following the effective date 13 of this act. The report shall also include recommendations on how to 14 consistently maintain a record of the number of children who have been 15 placed in foster care who have been diagnosed with a developmental disa- 16 bility, recommendations to improve the placement and treatment of chil- 17 dren in foster care and recommendations to further develop existing 18 guidelines and regulations to prepare age-appropriate children who have 19 a developmental disability for a transition to an independent living 20 situation. 21 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
