Children And Families

NY - Senator Simcha Felder (D)

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Chair Person

NY - Senator John J. Bonacic (R)

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Member

NY - Senator Diane J. Savino (D)

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Member

NY - Senator Susan Serino (R)

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Member

NY - Senator Catharine Young (R)

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Member

NY - Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D)

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Member

NY - Senator José M. Serrano (U)

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Member

NY - A1797 Provides clarification on determining the expiration date of an order of protection issued in relation to a family offense

NY - S506 Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case

NY - S62 Expands the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth

NY - S432 Requires safer window coverings in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities

NY - S75 Relates to the release of certain juvenile justice records

NY - S398 Relates to transmitting certain information to the local child protective services

NY - S399 Relates to technological improvements to the statewide central register

NY - S638 Relates to duration of orders of protection in cases involving domestic violence

NY - S400 Relates to requiring the statewide automated child welfare information system be capable of storing images and documents

NY - S335 Provides for the protection of the air quality at day care centers licensed by the state and head start day care centers funded pursuant to federal law

NY - S796 Requires reduction of a parent's child support obligation by the amount of social security dependent benefits received by the child

NY - S908 Requires certain persons and officials, teachers, superintendents and certain professionals to complete training in reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S1203 Requires the reporting and monitoring of a minor whose parent, legal guardian or care-giver of a minor is arrested or taken into custody

NY - S1465 Directs the council on children and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child care programs

NY - S5009 Relates to reimbursement for child care absences

NY - S4315 Directs the commissioner of children and family services to conduct a study about child abuse and/or neglect cases leading to death where such child had been the subject of a prior open investigation for maltreat

NY - S2240 Relates to authorizing the office of children and family services to release reports and records to certain law enforcement officials in the event of a kidnapping

NY - A775 Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep

NY - S5054 Relates to severe child abuse and orders of protection in child abuse and neglect cases

NY - S5091 Relates to the creation of the child care regulatory review task force

NY - S1994 Provides a mandatory jail sentence for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants

NY - S5261 Exempts placements of children with relatives or other suitable persons from the provisions of the interstate compact on the placement of children

NY - S5342 Relates to disclosure of information relating to natural siblings of adopted persons

NY - S4183 Relates to the provision of criminal history background checks free of charge to mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations

NY - S3660 Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of developmental disabilities; repealer

NY - S7394 Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals

NY - A6715 Relates to the treatment of non-respondent parents in child protective, destitute child and permanency proceedings in family court

NY - S4288 Provides that translations and notifications regarding family offense interventions be in other than the English language

NY - A4347 Provides that translations and notifications regarding family offense interventions be in other than the English language

NY - S2153 Relates to the standing of certain relatives in custody and guardianship proceedings

NY - S2122 Relates to the disclosure of information pertaining to a child abuse and neglect investigation

NY - A2432 Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

NY - S1706 Relates to the investigation of illegally operating child day care services

NY - S1707 Directs the office of children and family services and the NY city administration for children's services to submit annual reports concerning information related to children served by their respective prog

NY - S1615 Increases from $300 to $600 the monthly rent subsidy payable for housing for a foster child living independently in certain circumstances

NY - A1864 Requires the office of children and family services to post additional relevant qualifications of child day care providers on the office website

NY - A1869 Directs the council on children and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child care programs

NY - S5941 Relates to translation services for certain orders by courts of competent jurisdiction

NY - S6642 Establishes a division of early childhood within the office of children and family services

NY - S7404 Requires a study to evaluate the costs associated with the provision of child day care services

NY - S7426 Implements a cost estimation model for child care

NY - S7427 Codifies the early childhood advisory council

NY - S6749 Requires the establishment of a letter grading system for child day care providers in the city of New York based upon the results of inspections

NY - S7528 Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth

NY - S7119 Directs the council on children and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child care programs

NY - S7122 Relates to the availability of information regarding day care services

NY - S737 Requires certain nursery school operators to file with the office of children and family services and to fingerprint applicants for purpose of conducting searches

NY - S1422 Directs the office of children and family services to study and report on the availability of child day care for working parents

NY - S5018 Relates to the treatment of non-respondent parents in child protective, destitute child and permanency proceedings in family court

NY - S5020 Relates to the sealing and expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court

NY - S4076 Relates to establishing the YES annex youth organization pilot program in Brooklyn, Syracuse and Buffalo

NY - S2382 Establishes a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial and family court proceedings

NY - S2375 Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings of awarding shared parenting of minor children

NY - S2403 Relates to the visitation rights of great-grandparents

NY - S5184 Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep

NY - S2863 Requires a parent, law guardian or person legally responsible for a minor to be present during questioning by a peace or police officer

NY - S3071 Enacts "Renee's law" to provide greater protection and disclosure to employees of facilities where juvenile delinquents and youthful offenders are placed

NY - S3099 Relates to notification to victims of service of orders of protection

NY - S5286 Relates to adjudication and violation procedures in juvenile delinquency and PINS cases

NY - S3237 Relates to substance use disorder and involuntary treatment services for minors

NY - S5649 Requires completion of annual training by persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

NY - S5627 Provides that the provision of school age child care in school buildings shall primarily be subject to the regulations of the commissioner of education

NY - S544 Provides relief on statewide central register clearance fees for tax exempt organizations

NY - S4772 Relates to the appointment of a child advocate

NY - S3805 Requires mandatory jail time for repeat violators of orders of protection

NY - S3297 Relates to the issue of military deployment as a factor in the awarding of custody in marital actions

NY - A6568 Relates to reimbursement for child care absences

NY - S3247 Requires day care providers to escrow security deposits exceeding the value of two weeks of provided services

NY - S3226 Requires the provision of 5 days of paid leave and counseling to child protective services employees investigating child abuse or maltreatment when the child dies from such abuse or maltreatment

NY - A4572 Requires agencies to provide potential adoptive parents with information concerning state-funded benefits or services available once the foster child is adopted as well as those that expire upon adoption

NY - A5803 Relates to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment; repealer

NY - A4469 Relates to applications for child care assistance

NY - S3121 Prohibits the alleged child victim of a child abuse report from being interviewed in the presence of any other person named in the report

NY - S6245 Relates to visitation and custody rights involving non-U.S. citizens

NY - S6440 Provides for the issuance of summonses to parents of any juvenile who is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition

NY - S7565 Relates to establishing family support centers and authorizing reimbursement to counties

NY - S6672 Directs the office of children and family services to study, make recommendations on and report on child day care and the availability of funding therefor

NY - A290 Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations and reports in child custody and visitation proceedings

NY - S7705 Provides for the protection of the children of parents who abuse other children for whom they are legally responsible

NY - S7696 Authorizes the issuance of an order of protection in a child protective proceeding against a parent of a child when such parent is found to have severely abused another child

NY - S7697 Report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses attributed to the adoption of a child in foster care

NY - S7695 Authorizes family courts to order local commissioner of social services to advise the employer of a respondent upon the disposition of a child protective proceeding where the respondent has contact with

NY - A9518 Relates to the substitution of the term intellectual disability for the term mental retardation in family court proceedings

NY - S7271 Relates to the duties of child protective services concerning reports of suspected abuse or maltreatment of children who are members of an active duty military family

NY - S7283 Requires employees of contractors providing transportation to school districts to report child abuse in an educational setting

NY - A9598 Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth

NY - S104 Prohibits the consideration of evidence that either parent has ever obtained or attempted to obtain reproductive health services relating to the termination of a pregnancy in certain legal proceedings

NY - A7050 Relates to permanency planning in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings

NY - S753 Relates to requiring child protective services to document home visits with photographs

NY - S754 Assists mandated reporters of child abuse or maltreatment to maintain the child's safety

NY - S3830 Provides for the protection of the children of parents who abuse other children for whom they are legally responsible

NY - S3880 Relates to creating additional safeguards to protect the welfare of children enrolled in day care programs in New York state

NY - S4844 Relates to expanding orders of protection to cover child protective services workers

NY - S973 Requires social services districts to maintain a waiting list of families who have applied for child care assistance and data regarding the income of such families

NY - S1365 Relates to post-adoption services

NY - S1617 Provides that the return of certain children to the care and custody of the parent, parents or guardian shall be done pursuant to a transition plan

NY - S1447 Relates to assisting and protecting victims of domestic violence, child abuse and child neglect

NY - S1472 Restricts hiring of child care providers with criminal convictions

NY - S4976 Requires agencies to provide potential adoptive parents with information concerning state-funded benefits or services available once the foster child is adopted as well as those that expire upon adoption

NY - S5068 Provides that out-of-home placement of child with emotional, behavioral or mental disorder, or a disability shall not be grounds for transfer of custody

NY - S2120 Relates to staff qualifications for supervisory and non-supervisory child protective services workers

NY - S2117 Relates to improvements in the state central register of child abuse and maltreatment

NY - S2119 Relates to the interviewing of children in the presence of the subject of the report

NY - S1988 Eliminates the requirement for parental consent to an adoption when the parent has an order of protection against them for the protection of the other parent

NY - S4967 Negates the issue of military deployment as a factor in the awarding of child custody

NY - A6174 Relates to standardizing child care copayments

NY - S2301 Provides for notification to the state when a foster home is decertified, not renewed or a child is removed; requires evaluation to determine if home be re-opened

NY - A7135 Relates to the creation of the child care regulatory review task force

NY - A7191 Relates to the age of an infant and reimbursement for child care

NY - S5176 Authorizes the offering of twelve month work exemption to certain parents or relatives in receipt of public assistance who personally provide child care

NY - S5204 Provides for daycare reimbursement by the state within thirty days of an invoice being issued

NY - S5258 Grants children over the age of 10 in foster care the right to attend the permanency hearing for such child

NY - S5264 Relates to determinations of willful violations of orders of protection

NY - S4906 Relates to the effectiveness thereof

NY - S5419 Relates to applications for child care assistance

NY - S2765 Establishes the child-parent security act; repealer

NY - S3122 Relates to the definition of "abused child"

NY - S4340 Provides clarification on determining the expiration date of an order of protection issued in relation to a family offense

NY - S3215 Relates to termination of parental rights in cases of a child conceived through rape

NY - S3459 Relates to requiring child protective services to document home visits with photographs

NY - A7643 Relates to required coursework and training in reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S3485 Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

NY - S3783 Establishes the independent office of the child advocate; repealer

NY - A7750 Provides that the provision of school age child care in school buildings shall primarily be subject to the regulations of the commissioner of education

NY - S4726 Prohibits the court from granting custody of or unsupervised visitation with a child to a person who has been convicted of or charged with raping the parent of the child

NY - S5682 Provides for the awarding of custody and guardianship of infants who were abandoned when they were 30 days old or younger

NY - S5676 Requires the department of health and mental hygiene in a city having a population of one million or more to issue a performance summary card to each child care service

NY - S1902 Requires investigation of all reports of child abuse made to the statewide central register of child abuse by hospitals, or medical or law enforcement personnel

NY - S5035 Grants local social services districts access to criminal history information when acting within the scope of their duties under the social services law or the family court act

NY - S2691 Directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations establishing workload standards for child protective service employees

NY - A23 Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

NY - S755 Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant

NY - S742 Requires the office of children and family services to post additional relevant qualifications of child day care providers on the office website

NY - S907 Establishes the youth in progress advisory board for adolescents in foster care

NY - S3937 Requires child protective services to provide notice to the appropriate probation service or the state board of parole when subject of a child abuse or maltreatment report may be on probation or parole

NY - S3938 Authorizes family courts to order local commissioner of social services to advise the employer of a respondent upon the disposition of a child protective proceeding where the respondent has contact with

NY - S3935 Directs persons required to report child abuse or maltreatment in their professional or official capacity to report parents who have been convicted of abusing a child or had their parental rights terminated

NY - S3936 Authorizes the issuance of an order of protection in a child protective proceeding against a parent of a child when such parent is found to have severely abused another child

NY - S1489 Changes the juvenile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen years of age

NY - S1718 Allows a person acting as de facto parent to apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus

NY - S3977 Relates to expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S5019 Relates to permanency planning in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings

NY - S2046 Requires probation, investigation and diagnostic assessment of certain juvenile delinquents with discernible handicapping conditions prior to dispositional hearings

NY - S2045 Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records

NY - S2118 Relates to the infliction of excessive corporal punishment on a child

NY - S2121 Establishes civil penalties for knowingly making a false report of suspected child abuse or mistreatment and creates procedures for determining whether such a violation has occurred

NY - S2516 Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

NY - S2553 Establishes the peer advocacy and mentoring program

NY - S2688 Report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses attributed to the adoption of a child in foster care

NY - S4264 Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness

NY - S5331 Relates to notice of indicated reports of child maltreatment and changes of placement in child protective and voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings; repealer

NY - S2760 Amends provisions of various laws to change term "visitation" to "parenting time" regarding custody orders

NY - S1514 Relates to foster home decertification, application for recertification, authorization for non-renewal, and other notices

NY - S1518 Relates to protocol for release of reports by local social services districts on the death of certain children

NY - S1519 Alters the period of effectiveness of certain provisions relating to removing special powers granted to the society for the prevention of cruelty to children

NY - S1517 Relates to notification to families receiving child care assistance; repealer

NY - S4387 Relates to the creation of Melinda's Law in relation to the basis for removal of children

NY - S3520 Relates to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment; repealer

NY - S5964 Relates to adoptee rights

NY - S6583 Provides medical assistance coverage for the cost of donor breast milk which is medically necessary for certain prematurely born infants

NY - S7620 Relates to creating the multi-disciplinary team demonstration program for complex cases of adult abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation

NY - A8182 Requires the department of health and mental hygiene in New York city to issue a performance summary card to each child care service

NY - S7587 Requires the out-of-state placement committee to develop standards, regulations and recommendations for aversive crisis intervention methods and techniques

NY - S7809 Relates to allowances for the costs of diapers

NY - S6858 Relates to the substitution of the term intellectual disability for the term mental retardation in family court proceedings

NY - S6859 Relates to contact by siblings in child protective, permanency and termination of parental rights proceedings

NY - S6956 Relates to notification of rights of victims of domestic violence in criminal and family court proceedings

NY - S7720 Relates to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children

NY - S7715 Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25

NY - S7007 Relates to the creation of the child care regulatory review task force

NY - S7846 Relates to truancy allegations in persons in need of supervision and child protective proceedings in family court

NY - S7845 Relates to dispositional options and services for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision

NY - S7082 Relates to requiring the video recording of interrogations of juveniles in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court

NY - S7089 Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations and reports in child custody and visitation proceedings

NY - S7221 Relates to conditional surrender of parental rights in family and surrogate's court

NY - S7220 Relates to adjournments in contemplation of dismissal and suspended judgments in child protective proceedings in the family court

NY - S7237 Relates to providing elder abuse prevention training

NY - A8176 Report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses attributed to the adoption of a child in foster care

NY - A9759 Relates to contact by siblings in child protective, permanency and termination of parental rights proceedings

NY - A2901 Relates to adoptee rights