Bill Text: NY A09840 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9840 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to a child's eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments after adoption by a guardian.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-20 - referred to children and families [A09840 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09840-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9840

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 20, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WRIGHT,  TAYLOR,  COOK, JOYNER, CRUZ, SIMON,
          JAFFEE, CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Children
          and Families

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to a child's eligi-
          bility  for kinship guardianship assistance payments after adoption by
          a guardian

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  458-b  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
     3    1-b. A child shall remain eligible for kinship guardianship assistance
     4  payments under this title subsequent to the adoption of the child by the
     5  relative guardian or successor guardian.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14972-01-0