New York S 5737: Increases the time frame for payments of certain expenses by adoptive parents

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S05737 Summary:

BILL NOS05737A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02425-A

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §374, Soc Serv L

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Increases the time frame for payments of certain expenses by adoptive parents to 180 days prior to birth and 45 days after birth.

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BILL NOS05737A

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/06/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 5737A

06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1464

06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A2425A

&nbspA02425 AMEND=A Paulin

&nbsp01/16/2025referred to social services

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to social services

&nbsp03/17/2026reported 

&nbsp03/19/2026advanced to third reading cal.312

&nbsp03/23/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/23/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/23/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

&nbsp04/16/2026recalled from senate

&nbsp04/16/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp04/16/2026vote reconsidered - restored to third reading

&nbsp04/16/2026amended on third reading 2425a

&nbsp04/29/2026repassed assembly

&nbsp04/29/2026returned to senate

&nbsp04/29/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

&nbsp06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S5737A

&nbsp06/01/20263RD READING CAL.1464

&nbsp06/01/2026REPASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/05/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp06/05/2026signed chap.120

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5737--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 payments of
 certain expenses by adoptive parents

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 374 of the social services law, as
 2 amended by chapter 305 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 6. (a) An authorized agency, as defined in paragraphs (a) and (c) of
 5 subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of this title, may
 6 charge or accept a fee or other compensation to or from a person or
 7 persons with whom it has placed out a child, for the reasonable and
 8 necessary expenses of such placement; and no agency, association, corpo-
 9 ration, institution, society or organization, except such an authorized
 10 agency, and no person may or shall request, accept or receive any
 11 compensation or thing of value, directly or indirectly, in connection
 12 with the placing out or adoption of a child or for assisting a birth
 13 parent, relative or guardian of a child in arranging for the placement
 14 of the child for the purpose of adoption; and no person may or shall pay
 15 or give to any person or to any agency, association, corporation, insti-
 16 tution, society or organization, except such an authorized agency, any
 17 compensation or thing of value in connection with the placing out or
 18 adoption of a child or for assisting a birth parent, relative or guardi-
 19 an of a child in arranging for the placement of the child for the
 20 purpose of adoption. The prohibition set forth in this section applies
 21 to any adoptive placement activity involving a child born in New York

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04953-03-6

 S. 5737--A 2

 1 state or brought into this state or involving a New York resident seek-
 2 ing to bring a child into New York state for the purpose of adoption.
 3 (b) This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent the payment of
 4 salaries or other compensation by an authorized agency to the officers
 5 or employees thereof; nor shall it