New York S 7920: Relates to disability retirement benefits for sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, undersheriffs and correction officers in Nassau County

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S07920 Summary:

BILL NOS07920 

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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Amd §1095, Fam Ct Act; amd §398, Soc Serv L

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Allows the court to enter an order regarding a destitute minor freeing the child for adoption and granting guardianship and custody to the commissioner of social services for the purposes of consenting to an adoption; authorizes certain commissioners of public welfare and city public welfare officers to consent to such adoptions.

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BILL NOS07920 

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05/14/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7920

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the family court act and the social services law, in
 relation to dispositional alternatives for children placed with local
 social services agencies as destitute minors

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 1095 of the family court act, as
 2 amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 3 (d) If the court sustains the petition pursuant to subdivision (b) of
 4 this section, it may immediately convene a dispositional hearing or may
 5 adjourn the proceeding for further inquiries to be made prior to dispo-
 6 sition provided however, that if a petition pursuant to article six of
 7 this act has been filed by a person or persons seeking custody or guar-
 8 dianship of the child, or if a petition pursuant to article seventeen of
 9 the surrogate's court procedure act seeking guardianship of the child
 10 has been filed, the court shall consolidate the dispositional hearing
 11 with a hearing under section one thousand ninety-six of this article,
 12 unless consolidation would not be appropriate under the circumstances.
 13 If the court does not consolidate such dispositional proceedings it
 14 shall hold the dispositional hearing under this section in abeyance
 15 pending the disposition of the petition filed pursuant to article six of
 16 this act or article seventeen of the surrogate's court procedure act.
 17 Based upon material and relevant evidence presented at the dispositional
 18 hearing, the court shall enter an order of disposition stating the
 19 grounds for its order and directing one of the following alternatives:
 20 (1) placing the child in the care and custody of the commissioner of
 21 social services; [or]
 22 (2) granting an order of custody or guardianship to relatives or suit-
 23 able persons pursuant to a petition under article six of this act or
 24 guardianship of the child to a relative or suitable person under article

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13035-01-5

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 1 seventeen of the surrogate's court procedure act and in accordance with
 2 section one thousand ninety-six of this article; or
 3 (3) freeing the child for adoption and granting guardianship and
 4 custody to the commissioner of social services for the purposes of
 5 consenting to an adoption where both of the child's parents are
 6 deceased, or where one of the child's parents is deceased and the other
 7 parent is not entitled to consent or notice pursuant to sections one
 8 hundred eleven and one hundred eleven-a of the domestic relations law or
 9 section three hundred eighty-four-c of the social services law and no
 10 other guardian or custodian has been appointed.
 11 § 2. Section 1095 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
 12 subdivision (h) to read as follows:
 13 (h) If the child has been freed for adoption pursuant to paragraph
 14 three of subdivision (d) of this section, the court shall include the
 15 following in its order:
 16 (1) a date certain for the permanency hearing in accordance with para-
 17 graph t