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                                         5745

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                     June 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SALAND -- 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 kinship guardian
         assistance payments

         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 458-a of the social services law,
    2  as added by section 4 of part F of chapter 58 of the laws  of  2010,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1. "Child" shall mean a person under the age of twenty-one years whose
    5  custody, care and custody, or custody and guardianship have been commit-
    6  ted  to  a  social  services  official prior to such person's eighteenth
    7  birthday pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a, three  hundred
    8  eighty-four,  three hundred eighty-four-a or three hundred eighty-four-b
    9  of this chapter or article three, seven [or], ten OR 10-C of the  family
   10  court act.
   11    S  2.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section
   12  458-b of the social services law, as added by section 4  of  part  F  of
   13  chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   14    (i)  If the child has been placed into foster care pursuant to article
   15  ten OR TEN-C of the family court act, that both the fact finding hearing
   16  pursuant to section one thousand fifty-one of the family  court  act  OR
   17  SECTION  ONE THOUSAND NINETY-FIVE OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, RESPECTIVELY,
   18  and the first permanency hearing pursuant to paragraph two  of  subdivi-
   19  sion  (a)  of  section  one thousand eighty-nine of the family court act
   20  have been completed; or
   21    S 3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  sections
   22  one  and  two  of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
   23  same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2011, amending the family  court
   24  act  and  the  social  services law relating to procedures for destitute
   25  children in the family court as  proposed  in  legislative  bill  number

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13121-03-1

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    1  A.7836A takes effect; provided however if section 4 of part F of chapter
    2  58 of the laws of 2010 shall not have taken effect on or before legisla-
    3  tive bill number A.7836A takes effect, then sections one and two of this
    4  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same manner as such
    5  chapter of the laws of 2010 takes effect; and  provided,  further,  that
    6  effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
    7  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    8  tive  date  are  authorized  and directed to be made and completed on or
    9  before such effective date.