New York S 2678: Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability

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S02678 Summary:

BILL NOS02678 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01018

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §372, Soc Serv L; rpld §§2 - 5, ren §6 to be §2, amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.8679-A &
A.8846-A)

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Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability; makes technical changes to certain provisions of law.

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BILL NOS02678 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/27/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.161

02/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1018

&nbspA01018 AMEND= Hevesi

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to children and families

&nbsp01/14/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/14/2025reported 

&nbsp01/14/2025rules report cal.26

&nbsp01/14/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.26

&nbsp01/22/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/22/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/22/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S2678

&nbsp02/12/20253RD READING CAL.161

&nbsp02/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.38

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2678

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT amend the social services law, in relation to making technical
 changes to certain provisions of such law; to repeal sections 2, 3, 4
 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services
 law relating to requiring maintained records for certain children to
 include whether they have a developmental disability; and conducting a
 study on the number of children in foster care who have a develop-
 mental disability; as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A
 and A. 8846-A, in relation to conducting a study to determine the
 number of children in foster care and who have been diagnosed with a
 developmental disability; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024
 amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained
 records for certain children to include whether they have a develop-
 mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in
 foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legis-
 lative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, in relation to the
 effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 372 of
 2 the social services law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024
 3 amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained
 4 records for certain children to include whether they have a develop-
 5 mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in
 6 foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legisla-
 7 tive bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 (b) [his or her] the child's sex and date and place of birth, if
 10 ascertainable, or [his or her] the child's apparent age;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02884-01-5

 S. 2678 2

 1 (c) the full and true names and places of birth of [his or her] the
 2 child's parents, and [their] such parents' actual residence if living,
 3 or [their] such parents' latest known residence, if deceased or where-
 4 abouts unknown and the name and actual residence of any other person
 5 having custody of the child, as nearly as the same can reasonably be
 6 ascertained;
 7 § 2. Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending
 8 the social services law relating to requiring maintained records for
 9 certain children to include whether they have a developmental disabili-
 10 ty; and conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who
 11 have a developmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills
 12 num