Bill Text: NY A09873 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs local social services districts to annually report on the caseloads of their child protective services employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-29 - tabled [A09873 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09873-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9873
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 27, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing  an
         annual report on child protective services employee caseloads
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The social services law is amended by adding a new section
    2  427-b to read as follows:
    3    S 427-B. CASELOAD REPORTS. 1.  EACH  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
    4  SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT DESCRIBING THE AVERAGE CASELOAD, ON A PER
    5  MONTH  PER EMPLOYEE BASIS, FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES EMPLOYEES. SUCH
    6  REPORT SHALL BE PUBLISHED NO LATER THAN JUNE  THIRTIETH  OF  EACH  YEAR,
    7  BEGINNING  IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, AND SHALL REPORT INFORMATION ON THE
    8  BASIS OF THE LAST COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR. IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, THE REPORT
    9  SHALL INCLUDE COMPARATIVE DATA FOR UP TO FIVE PRIOR FISCAL YEARS IF SUCH
   10  DATA IS AVAILABLE. THE REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE
   11  COMMISSIONER  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY SERVICES, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
   12  SENATE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEM-
   13  BLY COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND SHALL BE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE
   14  PUBLIC  ON  THE  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICE  DISTRICT'S PUBLIC WEBSITE. SUCH
   15  REPORTS SHALL CONTAIN, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   16    (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF  NON-SUPERVISORY  FULL-TIME  CHILD  PROTECTIVE
   17  SERVICES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, NOT INCLUDING
   18  PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF;
   19    (B)  THE  NUMBER  OF  SUPERVISORY  FULL-TIME CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
   20  EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, NOT INCLUDING PARAPRO-
   21  FESSIONAL STAFF;
   22    (C) THE NUMBER OF  BOTH  FULL  AND  PART-TIME  PARAPROFESSIONAL  STAFF
   23  EMPLOYED AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR;
   24    (D)  THE  AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES PER FULL-TIME NON-SUPERVISORY
   25  CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES EMPLOYEE PER MONTH, NOT INCLUDING  PARAPROFES-
   26  SIONAL STAFF FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15142-01-4
       A. 9873                             2
    1    (E) THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES PER FULL-TIME SUPERVISORY CHILD
    2  PROTECTIVE  SERVICES  EMPLOYEE PER MONTH, NOT INCLUDING PARAPROFESSIONAL
    3  STAFF FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES;
    4    (F)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  NON-SUPERVISORY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
    5  EMPLOYEES WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY CASELOAD OF OVER FIFTEEN;
    6    (G) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE  EMPLOYEES  HIRED  BY
    7  THE DISTRICT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR;
    8    (H)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  CHILD  PROTECTIVE  SERVICE EMPLOYEES THAT
    9  RESIGNED OR WERE TERMINATED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR;
   10    (I) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CIVIL SERVICE TESTS OFFERED DURING THE  FISCAL
   11  YEAR  TO  HIRE  ADDITIONAL  CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES EMPLOYEES, AND THE
   12  TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ON A HIRING LIST FOR A POSITION AT THE END  OF
   13  THE FISCAL YEAR; AND
   14    (J)  AN  EXPLANATION  BY THE DISTRICT OF STEPS THAT THEY ARE TAKING TO
   15  LOWER THE AVERAGE CASELOAD FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES EMPLOYEES.
   16    2. SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE OFFICE OF
   17  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PUBLIC WEBSITE.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.