STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 24, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 chemical testing
          for prospective foster care parents
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 378 of the social services law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  (a)  No such license or certificate shall be awarded to a prospec-
     4  tive foster parent prior to chemical testing, including, but not limited
     5  to, drug and alcohol testing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
     6  to the contrary,  an  application  for  certification  or  licensure  or
     7  approval of a prospective foster parent shall be denied where such chem-
     8  ical  testing  reveals  a  positive presence of drugs or alcohol in such
     9  prospective foster parent.
    10    (b) The office of children and  family  services  shall  issue  random
    11  chemical  testing to foster parents, including, but not limited to, drug
    12  testing.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05217-01-7