Bill Text: NY S02516 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S02516 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02516-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2516
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  MONTGOMERY,  PERALTA,
         PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
         committed to the Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the New
         York State Reuniting Families Act
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
    2  State Reuniting Families Act."
    3    S  2. Clause (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of subdivision 3
    4  of section 384-b of the social services law, as amended by  chapter  113
    5  of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    6    (D)  the  parent  or parents are incarcerated, INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION
    7  REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION, or  participat-
    8  ing  in  a  residential  substance abuse treatment program, or the prior
    9  incarceration, INVOLVEMENT IN IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING
   10  DETENTION OR DEPORTATION, or participation of a parent or parents  in  a
   11  residential substance abuse treatment program is a significant factor in
   12  why the child has been in foster care for fifteen of the last twenty-two
   13  months,  provided  that  the  parent  maintains a meaningful role in the
   14  child's life based on the criteria set forth in subparagraph (v) of this
   15  paragraph and the agency has not documented a reason why it would other-
   16  wise be appropriate to file a petition pursuant to this section.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   18  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00399-02-5