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A01375 Summary:

BILL NOA01375 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORClark

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 49-D §§997 - 997-i, Exec L

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Establishes the office of the child welfare advocate to provide support to youth, biological parents, kinship caregivers and foster parents including prospective kinship caregivers or foster parents.

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BILL NOA01375 

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01/09/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1375

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
 office of the child welfare advocate

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 49-D
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 49-D
 4 OFFICE OF THE CHILD WELFARE ADVOCATE
 5 Section 997. Purpose.
 6 997-a. Definitions.
 7 997-b. Office of the child welfare advocate.
 8 997-c. Duties of the office of the child welfare advocate.
 9 997-d. Access to the office of the child welfare advocate.
 10 997-e. Duties of the director.
 11 997-f. Conduct and scope of mediation and problem-solving.
 12 997-g. Confidentiality of reports.
 13 997-h. Child welfare advocate independent review board.
 14 997-i. Access to records.
 15 § 997. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to support youth,
 16 biological parents, kinship care givers and foster parents, including
 17 prospective kinship caregivers or foster parents, in navigating and
 18 resolving conflicts concerning application of applicable law, regulation
 19 and policy with regard to the provision of out of home care, whether
 20 family based or congregate care, child protective services investi-
 21 gations, and preventative services, and to collect and report data
 22 concerning the inquiries received.
 23 § 997-a. Definitions. As used in this article:
 24 1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office of children and
 25 family services.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02627-01-5

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 1 2. "Director" means the director of the office of the child welfare
 2 advocate.
 3 3. "Office" means the office of the child welfare advocate.
 4 4. "Foster parents" means all adults providing out of home care to
 5 children at risk for or who have been removed from their home pursuant
 6 to article ten of the family court act. This includes kinship caregiv-
 7 ers, relatives and non-relatives.
 8 5. "Kinship caregiver" means a person as defined pursuant to section
 9 three hundred seventy-one of the social services law, including those
 10 persons who have not yet become a person in parental relationship but
 11 who otherwise fit the definition.
 12 6. "Anti-bias training" means instruction on implicit bias, discrimi-
 13 nation, cultural competency and structural inequity, including with
 14 respect to gender, race and sexual orientation, and on how these factors
 15 impact the work of the office.
 16 § 997-b. Office of the child welfare advocate. There is hereby estab-
 17 lished the office of the child welfare advocate in the office of chil-
 18 dren and family services. The independent review board described in
 19 section nine hundred ninety-seven-h of this article shall appoint the
 20 director of the office. The director shall have expertise in the areas
 21 of child welfare, foster care, dispute resolution and system improve-
 22 ment, specifically in the state of New York, as evidenced by at least
 23 ten years of relevant experience in the field. A two-thirds majority
 24 vote of the independent review board shall be required to appoint or
 25 remove the director. Persons employed by the office shall have a
 26 comprehensive knowledge of the state's foster care system and expertise
 27 in the fields of child welfare, f