Bill Text: NY A06339 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the office of children and family services to collect certain data and prepare a report regarding youth discharged from foster care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - enacting clause stricken [A06339 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06339-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6339
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  the  office
         of  children and family services to collect certain data and prepare a
         report regarding youth discharged from foster care
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 501 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    3    17. TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING YOUTH DISCHARGED FROM FOSTER
    4  CARE.  "YOUTH"  SHALL  MEAN  ANYONE  UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.  THE
    5  FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING  THE  DISCHARGE  OUTCOMES  OF  YOUTH  IN
    6  FOSTER  CARE  SHALL  BE COLLECTED AND INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT: (A)
    7  NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO ARE PLACED WITH FAMILY, DISAGGREGATED  BY  AGE  FROM
    8  ZERO  TO TWENTY YEARS OF AGE; (B) NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO DID NOT CONSENT TO
    9  REMAIN IN FOSTER CARE PAST AGE EIGHTEEN AND FOR WHOM THE COURT  APPROVED
   10  A  DISCHARGE  FROM  FOSTER  CARE,  DISAGGREGATED BY AGE FROM EIGHTEEN TO
   11  TWENTY YEARS OF AGE; (C) NUMBER OF YOUTH  WHO  AGED  OUT  AT  TWENTY-ONE
   12  YEARS  OF  AGE; (D) NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO HAVE A PERMANENT CONNECTION TO A
   13  CARING ADULT; (E) NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO APPLIED  FOR  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE;
   14  "HOUSING  ASSISTANCE"  MEANS  ANY  FORM OF HELP DESIGNED TO ASSIST YOUTH
   15  WITH FINDING AND MAINTAINING A PLACE  OF  RESIDENCE  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
   16  LIMITED  TO  AN  ADMINISTRATION  FOR  CHILDREN'S  SERVICES (ACS) HOUSING
   17  SUBSIDY, RENTAL ASSISTANCE RECEIVED FROM ANY OTHER CITY AGENCY, SUPPORT-
   18  IVE HOUSING, OR ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO OBTAIN ADEQUATE HOUS-
   19  ING; (F) NUMBER OF YOUTH  WHO  HAVE  BEEN  FOUND  ELIGIBLE  FOR  HOUSING
   20  ASSISTANCE,  WHETHER PRIVATE, FEDERAL, STATE OR CITY-SUBSIDIZED OR OPER-
   21  ATED,  INCLUDING  INFORMATION  SPECIFYING  THE  SPECIFIC  SUBSIDIES   OR
   22  RESOURCES  UTILIZED;  (G)  NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN
   23  HIGH SCHOOL, DISAGGREGATED BY SPECIAL EDUCATION STATUS  AND  BY  AGE  AS
   24  FOLLOWS:  UNDER  SIXTEEN;  SIXTEEN  THROUGH EIGHTEEN; OVER EIGHTEEN; (H)
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03363-01-5
       A. 6339                             2
    1  NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION
    2  APPROVED  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY  PROGRAM,  DISAGGREGATED  BY  AGE AS
    3  FOLLOWS: UNDER SIXTEEN; SIXTEEN THROUGH EIGHTEEN; OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF
    4  AGE;  (I)  NUMBER  OF YOUTH WHO LEFT FOSTER CARE TO ALTERNATIVE SAFE AND
    5  STABLE HOUSING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN APARTMENT OR OTHER PLACE
    6  OF RESIDENCE SHARED WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR REMAINED  IN  THE
    7  HOME  OF  THEIR FOSTER FAMILIES; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THIS INFORMATION
    8  SHALL BE INCLUDED IN SUCH REPORT  ONLY  UPON  REQUIRED  NEW  YORK  STATE
    9  APPROVAL  OF NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE DISCHARGE CHECKLIST FORM COMPLETED
   10  BY THE ACS CONTRACTED FOSTER CARE AGENCY, BEGINNING WITH THE REPORT  FOR
   11  THE  SECOND  CALENDAR  YEAR FOLLOWING SUCH APPROVAL; (J) NUMBER OF YOUTH
   12  WHO COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL, DISAGGREGATED  BY  THE  TYPE  OF  DIPLOMA  OR
   13  CREDENTIAL  CERTIFICATION  RECEIVED;  (K) NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO PASSED THE
   14  TEST ASSESSING SECONDARY COMPLETION (TASC) HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST;
   15  (L) NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO OBTAINED A FEDERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING VOUCH-
   16  ER (ETV); (M) NUMBER OF YOUTH WHO ARE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE; (N) NUMBER OF
   17  YOUTH WHO WERE ENROLLED IN A VOCATIONAL/TRADE PROGRAM  AT  THE  TIME  OF
   18  DISCHARGE;  AND  (O)  NUMBER  OF  YOUTH  WHO OBTAINED A COLLEGE DIPLOMA,
   19  DISAGGREGATED BY THE TYPE OF  DIPLOMA RECEIVED. NO INFORMATION  THAT  IS
   20  OTHERWISE  REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
   21  REPORTED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD  VIOLATE  ANY  APPLICABLE  PROVISION  OF
   22  FEDERAL,  STATE  OR  LOCAL  LAW  RELATING  TO THE PRIVACY OF INFORMATION
   23  RESPECTING YOUTH IN  FOSTER  CARE  OR  THAT  WOULD  INTERFERE  WITH  LAW
   24  ENFORCEMENT  INVESTIGATIONS  OR OTHERWISE CONFLICT WITH THE INTERESTS OF
   25  LAW ENFORCEMENT.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.