Bill Text: NY S06262 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes citizen review panel for the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-04 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S06262 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06262-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6262
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   November 4, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  FOLEY,  MONTGOMERY,  C. JOHNSON -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Rules
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishment of
         citizen review panels for the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and Rock-
         land and Westchester
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 371-b of the social services  law,
    2  as  added  by  chapter  136  of  the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. There shall be established at least  [three]  FOUR  citizen  review
    5  panels.  At  least  one  panel  shall be established for the city of New
    6  York, AT LEAST ONE PANEL  SHALL  BE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  COUNTIES  OF
    7  NASSAU,  SUFFOLK, ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER and at least two panels shall
    8  be  established  for  social  services  districts  or  combinations   of
    9  districts  outside of the city of New York. The panel in the city of New
   10  York shall create one subcommittee for each borough for the purposes  of
   11  evaluating  the  extent  to  which  the  state  and  the social services
   12  district are discharging their child protection responsibilities  within
   13  that  particular  borough,  in  accordance with [subsection] SUBDIVISION
   14  three of this section.  The office of children and family services shall
   15  make available resources to support the needs  of  each  citizen  review
   16  panel.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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