Bill Text: NY A03734 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to children and families [A03734 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03734-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3734
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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