Bill Text: NY A07855 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to children and families [A07855 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07855-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7855

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 24, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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.
                                                                   LBD11148-01-9
        A. 7855                             2

     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.