New York S 6753: Limits the number of cases a foster care worker may have under their supervision at any one time to 16 cases

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S06753 Summary:

BILL NOS06753A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSRSALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§20-a & 421, Soc Serv L

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Limits the number of cases a foster care worker may have under their supervision at any one time to 16 cases; directs the office of children and family services to promulgate regulations relating to caseload standards for foster care workers.

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BILL NOS06753A

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03/21/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

03/06/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

03/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 6753A

05/19/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6753--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and
 Families -- recommitted to the Committee on Children and Families in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 limitations on
 the number of cases handled by foster care workers

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

 1 Section 1. Section 20-a of the social services law, as added by chap-
 2 ter 107 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power. Notwith-
 4 standing any inconsistent provision of this chapter, the board, the
 5 commissioner or the department, acting singly or in unison, shall not
 6 have the power, directly or indirectly to prescribe the number of
 7 persons to be employed in any social services district providing the
 8 district complies with the minimum federal standards relating thereto;
 9 provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply
 10 to the regulations of the office of children and family services estab-
 11 lishing caseload standards for foster care workers promulgated pursuant
 12 to paragraph (a) of subdivision nine of section four hundred twenty-one
 13 of this chapter.
 14 § 2. Section 421 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 15 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 16 9. promulgate regulations in consultation with local social services
 17 districts, relating to caseload standards for foster care workers. Such
 18 standards shall include, but not be limited to:
 19 (a) limitations on the number of foster care cases that can be
 20 assigned to foster care workers, provided however, to the extent possi-
 21 ble and within amounts appropriated therefor, no more than sixteen

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11227-02-6

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 1 foster care cases may be assigned to a foster care worker at any one
 2 time; and
 3 (b) guidance as it relates to how such foster care cases are assigned,
 4 taking into consideration the foster care worker's current caseload, as
 5 well as the complexity of the particular cases. Nothing in this subdivi-
 6 sion shall be construed to prohibit the office from prescribing local
 7 social services districts from establishing caseload standards that are
 8 less than what is required in this subdivision.
 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 10 have become a law.

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