Children and Families

NY - Senator Velmanette Montgomery (U)

Title:

Committee Chair

NY - Senator Pamela Helming (U)

Title:

Committee Chair

NY - Senator James Tedisco (U)

Title:

Ranking Member

NY - Senator Tony Avella (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Senator John J. Bonacic (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Senator Diane J. Savino (U)

Title:

Member

NY - S2129 Relates to requiring the statewide automated child welfare information system be capable of storing images and documents

NY - S2127 Provides relief on statewide central register clearance fees for tax exempt organizations

NY - S2185 Relates to translation services for certain orders by courts of competent jurisdiction

NY - S2267 Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings of awarding shared parenting of minor children

NY - S2167 Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals

NY - S2158 Relates to mandatory reporting of child abuse

NY - S1611 Provides a mandatory jail sentence for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants

NY - S1614 Relates to the standing of certain relatives in custody and guardianship proceedings

NY - S238 Relates to assisting and protecting victims of domestic violence, child abuse and child neglect

NY - S2990 Relates to the interviewing of children in the presence of the subject of the report

NY - S2989 Relates to the infliction of excessive corporal punishment on a child

NY - S2987 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 - S2986 Relates to staff qualifications for supervisory and non-supervisory child protective services workers

NY - S1938 Authorizes the offering of twelve month work exemption to certain parents or relatives in receipt of public assistance who personally provide child care

NY - S1981 Relates to transmitting certain information to the local child protective services

NY - S3020 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 - S4368 Relates to the creation of Melinda's Law in relation to the basis for removal of children

NY - S4501 Relates to providing elder abuse prevention training

NY - S45401 Relates to providing elder abuse prevention training

NY - S4763 Relates to indicated reports of child maltreatment; repealer

NY - S4767 Relates to adjournments in contemplation of dismissal and suspended judgments in child protective proceedings in the family court

NY - S4766 Relates to the sealing and expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court

NY - S4765 Relates to conditional surrender of parental rights in family and surrogate's court

NY - S4762 Relates to determinations of willful violations of orders of protection

NY - S4764 Relates to requiring the video recording of interrogations of juveniles in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court

NY - S5101 Assists mandated reporters of child abuse or maltreatment to maintain the child's safety

NY - S33 Restricts hiring of child care providers with criminal convictions

NY - S6016 Relates to a parent or guardian naming a caregiver as a person in parental relation

NY - S6015 Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child

NY - S96 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 - S97 Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case

NY - S552 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 - S1189 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 - S6579 Provides for court ordered forensic evaluations in child custody and visitation cases

NY - S6574 Requires safer window coverings in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities

NY - S6742 Provides for the appointment of a temporary operator to provide foster care on a temporary basis where the established operator is unable to ensure the proper operation of the foster care program

NY - S6324 Requires child protective services to document each home visit with photographs

NY - S6332 Establishes a child care task force

NY - S7119 Relates to county reimbursement for detention costs

NY - S7656 Requires certain proceedings be transferred to supreme court

NY - S7654 Relates to issuing temporary spousal support

NY - S7655 Relates to admissible evidence in court proceedings to secure an order of protection

NY - S7372 Relates to child abuse in an educational setting

NY - S7160 Relates to the receipt of electronic reports by the state central register of child abuse and maltreatment; requires a web intake incident form for the receipt of electronic communications alleging child abu

NY - S7886 Relates to the duration of orders of protection in child abuse and neglect proceedings and in permanency planning hearings in family court

NY - S7885 Relates to juvenile delinquency charges of violations in family court

NY - S7888 Relates to non-marital fathers in adoption, surrender and termination of parental rights proceedings and consents to adoptions in family and surrogate's courts

NY - S7887 Relates to the adjustment of juvenile delinquency cases by local departments of probation

NY - S7884 Relates to the determination of capacity to stand trial in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court

NY - S5709 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 - S5714 Relates to truancy allegations in persons in need of supervision and child protective proceedings in family court

NY - S5713 Relates to permanency planning in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings in family court

NY - S5724 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 - S5727 Relates to written notification to schools of a student's placement in foster care

NY - S2201 Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

NY - S2084 Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth

NY - S2115 Relates to expanding orders of protection to cover child protective services workers

NY - S2577 Establishes a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial and family court proceedings

NY - S1701 Relates to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children

NY - S1690 Provides for the protection of the children of parents who abuse other children for whom they are legally responsible

NY - S1746 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 - S1772 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 - S1816 Relates to duration of orders of protection in cases involving domestic violence

NY - S2873 Establishes the independent office of the child advocate

NY - S2939 Relates to disclosure of information relating to natural siblings of adopted persons

NY - S3169 Relates to technological improvements to the statewide central register

NY - S277 Expands the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth

NY - S8678 Relates to expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S3469 Protects children in N.Y. city from child abuse and maltreatment in educational settings

NY - S3468 Allows a person acting as de facto parent to apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus

NY - S3458 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 - S3479 Relates to fingerprinting and background checks of contracted service providers of student support services

NY - S3733 Requires day care providers to escrow security deposits exceeding the value of two weeks of provided services

NY - S3725 Establishes the youth in progress advisory board for adolescents in foster care

NY - S3742 Requires certain persons and officials, teachers, superintendents and certain professionals to complete training in reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S669 Relates to improvements in the state central register of child abuse and maltreatment

NY - S3977 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 - S3980 Amends the definition of "homeless youth" to include persons under the age of 25

NY - S4041 Requires employers and information technology employees to report child pornography to the state police

NY - S836 Requires completion of annual training by persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

NY - S4612 Relates to directing the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the availability of day care

NY - S4638 Provides for the issuance of summonses to parents of any juvenile who is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition

NY - S4172 Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care of child

NY - S4614 Requires mandatory jail time for violators of orders of protection

NY - S4650 Relates to training requirements for attorneys appointed to represent a child in certain proceedings

NY - S1084 Enacts the "safe streets security camera registry act" for the city of New York.

NY - S4342 Requires school administrators in private schools to report allegations of child abuse in an educational setting

NY - S4462 Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

NY - S6447 Extends provisions of law relating to removing special powers granted to the society for the prevention of cruelty to children

NY - S4549 Relates to the availability of information regarding day care services

NY - S4574 Creation of a study by the commissioner of the office of children and family services regarding staffing levels

NY - S4836 Relates to the provision of services and assistance to respondent parents during the pendency of child protective proceedings

NY - S4835 Relates to contact by siblings in foster care, surrender, destitute child and permanency proceedings

NY - S4830 Relates to permitting presentment agencies to file petitions of violation for probation and conditional discharge

NY - S4845 Relates to adoptee rights

NY - S5472 Relates to the reentry of certain foster children after they have left foster care

NY - S5475 Relates to establishing family support centers and authorizing reimbursement to counties

NY - S6476 Relates to the age of an infant and reimbursement for child care

NY - A2965 Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care of child

NY - S6061 Relates to standardizing child care copayments

NY - S6081 Extends certain provisions of law relating to the foster family care demonstration programs

NY - S6286 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 - S6300 Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations and reports in child custody and visitation proceedings

NY - S7659 Relates to information provided to unlicensed or unregistered child day care providers by the office of children and family services

NY - A5284 Requires the anchoring of furniture and electronics in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities

NY - S6519 Establishes "Brendan's law"; requires cordless window coverings in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities

NY - S7406 Relates to a child protective services caseload taskforce

NY - S8767 Relates to providing rent subsidies to individuals living with roommates

NY - S7613 Relates to establishing a living allowance for an adult child with a developmental disability

NY - A7905 Relates to a parent or guardian naming a caregiver as a person in parental relation

NY - A7928 Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child

NY - S6402 Relates to the rights of grandparents with respect to visitation rights or custody of minor children

NY - A9956 Relates to services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers

NY - S7897 Relates to access to the central register for child abuse and maltreatment by expanding the definitions of "provider agency" and "licensing agency"

NY - S268 Relates to translation services for certain orders by courts of competent jurisdiction

NY - A7552 Relates to the sealing and expungement of records in persons in need of supervision cases in family court

NY - A8485 Relates to child abuse in an educational setting

NY - S8047 Relates to services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers

NY - S5638 Commissions a study regarding the quality of health care services received by foster children in New York state

NY - S5663 Relates to chemical testing for prospective foster parents

NY - A339 Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

NY - S8239 Relates to requiring mandatory dissemination of information in certain cases of missing children

NY - S8241 Relates to the initial period of licensure or certification and required training for child care providers; repealer

NY - S8804 Relates to the initial period of licensure or certification or registration and required inspections, background clearances and training for child care providers; repealer

NY - S5790 Relates to orders committing guardianship and custody of a child

NY - S5803 Relates to creating the multi-disciplinary team demonstration program for complex cases of adult abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation

NY - S2391 Requires employees of contractors providing transportation to school districts to report child abuse in an educational setting

NY - S2427 Relates to expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S2708 Changes the juvenile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen years of age

NY - S665 Relates to the disclosure of information pertaining to a child abuse and neglect investigation

NY - S683 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 - S2806 Establishes the peer advocacy and mentoring program

NY - S2827 Relates to post-adoption services

NY - S3263 Requires mandatory jail time for repeat violators of orders of protection

NY - S3266 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 - S3348 Requires probation, investigation and diagnostic assessment of certain juvenile delinquents with discernible handicapping conditions prior to dispositional hearings

NY - S3347 Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records

NY - S3356 Relates to notification to victims of service of orders of protection

NY - S1103 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 - S3412 Establishes a division of early childhood within the office of children and family services

NY - S3656 Relates to requiring child protective services to document home visits with photographs

NY - S3655 Requires the out-of-state placement committee to develop standards, regulations and recommendations for aversive crisis intervention methods and techniques

NY - S680 Relates to the definition of "abused child"

NY - S3667 Requires the anchoring of furniture and electronics in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities

NY - S1409 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 - S1301 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 - S735 Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of developmental disabilities; repealer

NY - S287 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 - S1291 Increases from $300 to $600 the monthly rent subsidy payable for housing for a foster child living independently in certain circumstances

NY - S1000 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 - S555 Enacts "Renee's law" to provide greater protection and disclosure to employees of facilities where juvenile delinquents and youthful offenders are placed

NY - S1318 Relates to allowances for the costs of diapers

NY - S6450 Relates to the investigation of illegally operating child day care services

NY - S1455 Implements a cost estimation model for child care

NY - S1001 Relates to a parent's right to know if an employee, volunteer or an administrator of a school district is reprimanded for inappropriate conduct towards their child

NY - S5142 Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

NY - S5448 Relates to reimbursement for child care absences

NY - S7896 Relates to orders of protection in termination of parental rights proceedings, child protective proceedings and permanency hearings

NY - S7269 Relates to requiring access for state and city agencies into child day care centers

NY - S6208 Relates to visitation and custody rights involving non-U.S. citizens

NY - S6518 Relates to the subsidies that may be provided to a parent who adopts a disabled or hard to place child

NY - S7669 Relates to including amateur athletic organization personnel as required reporters of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

NY - S5574 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 - A2449 Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth

NY - A2001 Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

NY - A7557 Relates to truancy allegations in persons in need of supervision and child protective proceedings in family court

NY - A7556 Relates to permanency planning in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings in family court

NY - S740 Directs the commissioner of children and family services to conduct a study of child abuse and/or neglect cases leading to death where such child had been the subject of prior open investigation for maltreatment

NY - S8885 Expands the duties of the office of children and family services concerning youths who are disproportionately likely to be runaway and/or homeless youth

NY - S5929 Establishes a child care availability taskforce to evaluate the need for and availability of child care throughout the state

NY - S5932 Relates to the appointment of a child advocate