Assembly Bill A7339A

Vetoed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the reentry of foster children into foster care

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7339 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4529
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355.3, 756-a & 1091, Fam Ct Act

2013-A7339 - Summary

Relates to the reentry of foster children into foster care.

2013-A7339 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7339

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUPARDO -- (at request of the Office of Court
  Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children
  and Families

AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to reentry  of  former
  foster children into foster care

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 355.3 of the family court act,  as
amended  by  chapter  663  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
follows:
  6. Successive extensions of placement under this section may be grant-
ed, but no placement may be made or continued  beyond  the  respondent's
eighteenth  birthday  without [the child's] HIS OR HER consent and in no
event past [the child's] HIS OR HER twenty-first birthday. A RESPONDENT,
WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY PLACED WITH A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT  OR  THE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION 353.3 OF THIS
CHAPTER, INCLUDING A DISTRICT THAT HAS AN APPROVED "CLOSE TO HOME" PLAN,
AND  WHO  DID NOT CONSENT TO REMAIN IN CARE BEYOND HIS OR HER EIGHTEENTH
BIRTHDAY, AS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO REMAIN IN CARE, MAY MOVE  OR,
WITH  HIS  OR  HER  CONSENT,  MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF A MOTION BY A SOCIAL
SERVICES  OFFICIAL  TO  REENTER  FOSTER  CARE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  NINETY-ONE  OF THIS ACT. NO SUCH
RESPONDENT REENTERING FOSTER CARE SHALL BE PLACED IN A FACILITY DIRECTLY
OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S  2.  Subdivision  (f)  of  section 756-a of the family court act, as
added by chapter 604 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
  (f) Successive extensions of  placement  under  this  section  may  be
granted,  but  no  placement may be made or continued beyond the child's
eighteenth birthday without his or her consent and in no event past  his
or  her twenty-first birthday. A CHILD, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY PLACED WITH A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09322-02-3

2013-A7339A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4529
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355.3, 756-a & 1091, Fam Ct Act

2013-A7339A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reentry of foster children into foster care.

2013-A7339A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7339--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUPARDO -- (at request of the Office of Court
  Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children
  and Families -- reported and referred to the  Committee  on  Codes  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to reentry  of  former
  foster children into foster care

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 355.3 of the family court act,  as
amended  by  chapter  663  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
follows:
  6. Successive extensions of placement under this section may be grant-
ed, but no placement may be made or continued  beyond  the  respondent's
eighteenth  birthday  without [the child's] HIS OR HER consent and in no
event past [the child's] HIS OR HER twenty-first birthday. A RESPONDENT,
WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY PLACED WITH A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 353.3 OF THIS CHAPTER,  INCLUDING  A  DISTRICT  THAT  HAS  AN
APPROVED "CLOSE TO HOME" PLAN, AND WHO DID NOT CONSENT TO REMAIN IN CARE
BEYOND  HIS OR HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY, AS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
REMAIN IN CARE, MAY MOVE OR, WITH HIS OR HER CONSENT, MAY BE THE SUBJECT
OF A MOTION BY A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL  TO  REENTER  FOSTER  CARE  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND NINETY-ONE OF
THIS ACT.  A RESPONDENT, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY PLACED WITH, OR  TRANSFERRED
TO,  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES FOR PLACEMENT IN A
NON-SECURE LEVEL OF CARE AND WHO DID  NOT  CONSENT  TO  REMAIN  IN  CARE
BEYOND  HIS OR HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY, AS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
REMAIN IN CARE, MAY MOVE OR, WITH HIS OR HER CONSENT, MAY BE THE SUBJECT
OF A MOTION BY THE OFFICE  TO  REENTER  PLACEMENT  WITH  THE  OFFICE  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND NINETY-ONE OF
THIS ACT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH RESPONDENT  REENTERING  PLACE-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09322-04-3

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