Bill Text: NY A02584 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the office of children and family services and facilitating the use of alternatives to detention programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to children and families [A02584 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02584-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2584
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, BARRON, CAMARA -- Multi-Sponsored by
         --  M.  of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Chil-
         dren and Families
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the office of children
         and family services and facilitating use of alternatives to  detention
         programs
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and  16  of  section
    2  501  of  the  executive law, subdivisions 12, 13 and 14 as renumbered by
    3  chapter 465 of the laws of 1992, subdivision 16 as renumbered by chapter
    4  170 of the laws of 1994, are renumbered subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
    5  15, 16 and 17 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
    6    9. (A) TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO  LOCAL  SOCIAL
    7  SERVICES  DISTRICTS AND TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM UTILIZATION OF ALTERNATIVE TO
    8  DETENTION AND PLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY IN THE DELIV-
    9  ERY OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO PERSONS ALLEGED OR DETERMINED TO BE IN  NEED
   10  OF SUPERVISION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND FOR
   11  PERSONS  ALLEGED  OR  DETERMINED  TO  BE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS AT RISK OF
   12  DETENTION OR PLACEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THREE  OF  THE  FAMILY  COURT
   13  ACT.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH PROGRAMS MAY INCLUDE
   14  PROGRAMS WITH THE GOAL  OF  REDUCING  RISK  BEHAVIORS  AMONG  YOUTH  AND
   15  PROMOTING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
   16    (B) INTER-COUNTY UTILIZATION OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL BE ENCOUR-
   17  AGED  BY THE OFFICE TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND TO PROMOTE THE MAXIMI-
   18  ZATION OF RESOURCES. THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE  TO
   19  COUNTIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, IDENTIFYING PROGRAMS
   20  AND  SERVICES  FOR INTER-COUNTY UTILIZATION, MAKING ANY FEASIBLE PROGRAM
   21  MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE INTER-COUNTY UTILIZATION, AND ASSIST-
   22  ING THE COLLABORATION OF COUNTIES AND COUNTY AGENCIES WITHIN A  REGIONAL
   23  AREA.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, INTER-COUNTY UTILIZATION
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02726-01-3
       A. 2584                             2
    1  SHALL MEAN THE COOPERATIVE  SHARING  OF  ALTERNATIVE  TO  DETENTION  AND
    2  PLACEMENT  PROGRAMS, SO THAT YOUTH MAY UTILIZE SUCH PROGRAMS OUTSIDE HIS
    3  OR HER OWN COUNTY RESIDENCE.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.