New York S 3938: Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police

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S03938 Summary:

BILL NOS03938A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00065-A

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §398-f, Soc Serv L

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Directs the office of victim services, in consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to establish a statewide supervised visitation initiative including culturally sensitive services that provide language access for those who need it and that are affordable for those with limited means to pay; requires the submission of regular assessments and reports.

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BILL NOS03938A

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/03/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

06/03/2025PRINT NUMBER 3938A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3938--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BRISPORT, ROLISON -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Children and Families -- reported favorably from said committee and
 committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the establish-
 ment of a statewide supervised visitation initiative to support safe
 and structured parenting time

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 398-f to read as follows:
 3 § 398-f. Supervised visitation to support safe and structured parent-
 4 ing time. 1. The legislature finds and declares that professionally
 5 supervised visitation programs are often necessary in order to keep
 6 families safe, to foster healthy family relationships and to further the
 7 best interests of children in family offense, child protective, and
 8 custody and visitation proceedings in supreme and family courts. Recog-
 9 nizing that a large number of counties have no supervised visitation
 10 programs at all and, of those that have such programs, the need far
 11 exceeds the availability of the programs, it is the intent of this
 12 section to provide state support for the establishment of at least one
 13 program in every county that does not have one and, for those counties
 14 and cities that have programs, to expand their reach to meet the need.
 15 Such programs may be essential in cases involving family violence,
 16 mental health, or other cases in which supervision is vital to meet the
 17 needs of the parent and/or child.
 18 2. Within grant funds appropriated by the state for this purpose, the
 19 office of victim services, in consultation with the office for the
 20 prevention of domestic violence, shall establish a statewide supervised

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00032-03-5

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 1 visitation initiative to support safe and structured parenting time,
 2 that shall include culturally sensitive services that provide language
 3 access for those who need it and that are affordable for those with
 4 limited means to pay. The office of victim services shall require each
 5 county and New York City to submit annual assessments of the local needs
 6 for supervised visitation services, as well as plans for meeting the
 7 assessed needs and for collecting data regarding usage and effectiveness
 8 of the programs. The submissions shall specify the services to be
 9 provided, the estimated number of children and families to be served by
 10 the programs, the estimated number of fee waivers and the estimated cost
 11 of the programs. The submissions may include plans to contract with
 12 private non-profit organizations for services and may include multi-
 13 county programs if geographically accessible for families utilizing the
 14 programs. The plan for such programs shall