Children and Families

NY - Senator Velmanette Montgomery (U)

Title:

Committee Chair

NY - Senator James Tedisco (U)

Title:

Ranking Member

NY - Senator Simcha Felder (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Senator Julia Salazar (U)

Title:

Member

NY - S2573 Enacts the child protection act of 2019; repealer

NY - S3869 Relates to factoring domestic violence convictions into certain family court decisions

NY - S74 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 - S36 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 - S2836 Relates to restrictions on a sex offender's custody of a child

NY - S4229 Relates to access to reports of child abuse and maltreatment by criminal justice agencies; repealer

NY - S1481 Relates to expanding the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth

NY - S1147 Relates to directing the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the availability of day care

NY - S4535 Establishes a division of early childhood within the office of children and family services

NY - S1546 Relates to standardizing child care copayments

NY - S3248 Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child

NY - S4004 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 - S1251 Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals

NY - S602 Provides relief on statewide central register clearance fees for tax exempt organizations

NY - S600 Relates to requiring the statewide automated child welfare information system be capable of storing images and documents

NY - S607 Relates to transmitting certain information to the local child protective services

NY - S753 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 - A460 Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

NY - S818 Relates to creating the multi-disciplinary team demonstration program for complex cases of adult abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation

NY - S864 Relates to technological improvements to the statewide central register

NY - S940 Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry

NY - A412 Relates to licensure, certification or registration and required inspections, background clearances and training for child care providers; repealer

NY - S4711 Requires mandatory jail time for repeat violators of orders of protection

NY - S4862 Relates to fingerprinting and background checks of construction contractors

NY - S4980 Relates to procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children

NY - S4990 Relates to standards and training for child day care

NY - S4996 Establishes the peer advocacy and mentoring program

NY - S5014 Relates to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children

NY - S5024 Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

NY - S5376 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 - A29 Requires the anchoring of furniture and electronics in child day care centers and certain other facilities

NY - S5725 Relates to the issue of military deployment as a factor in the awarding of custody in marital actions

NY - S6214 Relates to adjournments in contemplation of dismissal and suspended judgments in child protective proceedings in the family court

NY - S6215 Relates to indicated reports of child maltreatment; repealer

NY - S7553 Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation

NY - S7926 Relates to prohibiting a party to an order of protection from remotely controlling any connected devices of a person protected by such order

NY - S7930 Eliminates the use of the term "incorrigible"

NY - A168 Establishes "Brendan's law"; requires cordless window coverings in child day care centers and certain other facilities

NY - S2706 Assists mandated reporters of child abuse or maltreatment to maintain the child's safety

NY - S2714 Relates to services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers

NY - S2916 Establishes a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial and family court proceedings

NY - S1807 Relates to the age of an infant and reimbursement for child care

NY - S273 Relates to child abuse in an educational setting

NY - S13 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 - S2618 Relates to visitation and custody rights involving non-U.S. citizens

NY - S432 Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case

NY - S4476 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 - S4357 Relates to fingerprinting and background checks of contracted service providers of student support services

NY - S3186 Establishes "Brendan's law"; requires cordless window coverings in child day care centers and certain other facilities

NY - S1086 Relates to allowances for the costs of diapers

NY - S3192 Relates to reimbursement for child care absences

NY - S8163 Raises the lower age of juvenile delinquency jurisdiction from seven to twelve years of age

NY - S3420 Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care assistance shall be able to utilize such assistance when care is necessary to enable them to sleep

NY - S4203 Relates to orders committing guardianship and custody of a child

NY - S245 Implements a cost estimation model for child care

NY - S2141 Relates to the availability of information regarding day care services

NY - S4528 Allows a person acting as de facto parent to apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus

NY - S3562 Relates to the subsidies that may be provided to a parent who adopts a disabled or hard to place child

NY - S1488 Relates to expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S2671 Requires the office of children and family services to post additional relevant qualifications of child day care providers on the office website

NY - S4536 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 - S1539 Relates to the disclosure of information pertaining to a child abuse and neglect investigation

NY - S4074 Relates to the maximum age at which a homeless youth can continue to receive shelter services

NY - S1938 Directs child protective services to investigate and test a child under the age of 3 who was in the vicinity of a drug arrest of a parent, guardian or person legally responsible for the child

NY - S1257 Relates to mandatory reporting of child abuse

NY - S3563 Requires the anchoring of furniture and electronics in child day care centers and certain other facilities

NY - S4260 Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings of awarding shared parenting of minor children

NY - S588 Relates to the interviewing of children in the presence of the subject of the report

NY - S2166 Creates a domestic abuse hotline for teens

NY - S652 Relates to staff qualifications for supervisory and non-supervisory child protective services workers

NY - S651 Relates to the infliction of excessive corporal punishment on a child

NY - S786 Relates to establishing family support centers and authorizing reimbursement to counties

NY - S788 Requires day care providers to escrow security deposits exceeding the value of two weeks of provided services

NY - A5842 Relates to child abuse in an educational setting

NY - S2236 Provides for the issuance of summonses to parents of any juvenile who is the subject of a juvenile delinquency petition

NY - S2492 Relates to access to birth certificates of persons who have been adopted

NY - S4326 Relates to licensure, certification or registration and required inspections, background clearances and training for child care providers; repealer

NY - S4597 Relates to written notification to schools of a student's placement in foster care

NY - S4601 Commissions a study regarding the quality of health care services received by foster children in New York state

NY - S4598 Relates to chemical testing for prospective foster parents

NY - S4686 Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations and reports in child custody and visitation proceedings

NY - S4760 Requires completion of annual training by persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

NY - S4912 Establishes the independent office of the child advocate

NY - S5244 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 - S5252 Relates to the rights of grandparents with respect to visitation rights or custody of minor children

NY - S5276 Relates to support orders for adult dependent children

NY - S5572 Relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse

NY - S5573 Relates to the standard of proof for unfounded and indicated reports of child abuse or maltreatment

NY - S5526 Relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment; repealer

NY - S5648 Relates to the standing of certain relatives in custody and guardianship proceedings

NY - S5811 Relates to background clearances for temporary child care employment agencies and child care educational and training institutions

NY - S5827 Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program

NY - S6158 Relates to notification of rights of victims of domestic violence in criminal and family court proceedings

NY - S6225 Relates to providing for support and services for unaccompanied minors with no lawful immigration status

NY - A3619 Relates to expanding the duties of the office of children and family services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender runaway and homeless youth

NY - S6786 Relates to disorderly conduct

NY - S6736 Relates to factoring domestic violence convictions into family court decisions regarding visitation, custody and parental rights

NY - S6533 Relates to requiring the video recording of interrogations of juveniles in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court

NY - S7547 Directs the social services district to take no action to establish paternity or a child support order when the applicant or recipient has established good cause to refuse to cooperate

NY - S8421 Relates to reporting data on child welfare preventive services

NY - S7669 Relates to a civil cause of action for human trafficking

NY - A6658 Relates to support orders for adult dependent children

NY - S7737 Requires the office of children and family services to maintain a database of available beds for runaway and/or homeless youth

NY - S7964 Establishes the office of the foster care ombudsman

NY - S5809 Relates to the caseloads of child protective services workers

NY - S8398 Relates to the investigation of and findings of educational neglect of a child during the COVID-19 pandemic

NY - S8042 Requires law enforcement and district attorneys offices to advise human trafficking victims of the availability of social and legal services

NY - S8048 Relates to required training for child protective services workers

NY - S2567 Requires probation, investigation and diagnostic assessment of certain juvenile delinquents with discernible handicapping conditions prior to dispositional hearings

NY - S1378 Relates to orders of protection and child support enforcement

NY - S1840 Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

NY - S222 Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents

NY - A1239 Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child

NY - S3999 Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

NY - S4154 Relates to expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse

NY - S3556 Relates to 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 - S1541 Relates to improvements in the state central register of child abuse and maltreatment

NY - S1542 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 - S2194 Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records

NY - S2454 Relates to notification to victims of service of orders of protection

NY - S917 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 - S4955 Relates to requiring orders of custody to state whether law enforcement is authorized to remove a child or children

NY - S5307 Relates to including rape in the third degree, rape in the second degree and rape in the first degree as family offenses

NY - S5493 Limits co-payments for child care subsidies

NY - S5494 Establishes the office of child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of legal rights for youth in programs and facilities under OCFS

NY - S5500 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of chapter 329 of the laws of 2009, relating to removing special powers granted to the society for the prevention of cruelty to children

NY - S5516 Relates to the determination of capacity to stand trial in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court

NY - S5543 Relates to the effect of military service on child care

NY - S5560 Repeals a provision of the social services law excluding schools for children under three

NY - S5979 Relates to certain time periods and prospective applicants in adoption proceedings; repealer

NY - S5994 Relates to residential programs for children

NY - S6023 Relates to the provision of criminal history background checks free of charge to mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations

NY - S6031 Relates to home visiting programs

NY - S6054 Relates to the reporting of a person allowing, enabling or providing electronic cigarettes to a child

NY - S6118 Limits the number of cases a foster care worker may have under his or her supervision at any one time to 16 cases

NY - S6125 Relates to medical evaluations of children placed in foster care

NY - S6124 Relates to limiting co-payments for child care subsidies

NY - A570 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 - S8332 Relates to defining the term kinship caregiver

NY - S7673 Provides for the confidentiality, sealing and expungement of juvenile delinquency records; repealer

NY - S7773 Implements a cost estimation model for child care

NY - S8470 Authorizes former foster care youth who have been discharged from foster care to return during the COVID-19 state of emergency and places a moratorium on aging out of foster care during the state of emergency