New York S 992: Relates to care and protection of children

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S00992 Summary:

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Amd §§2541 & 2542, Pub Health L; amd §371, Soc Serv L; amd §1012, Fam Ct Act

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Relates to care and protection of children; adds to the definition of children at risk infants who test positive for a controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, in their bloodstream or urine, are born dependent on such drugs or who demonstrate drug withdrawal symptoms, or who have been diagnosed with a condition attributable to in utero exposure to illegal drugs.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 992

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the social services law and the
 family court act, in relation to care and protection of children

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2541 of the public health law, as
 2 added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. "Children at risk" means children who may experience a disability
 4 because of medical, biological or environmental factors which may
 5 produce developmental delay, or infants who test positive for a
 6 controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, in their bloodstream
 7 or urine, are born dependent on such drugs or who demonstrate drug with-
 8 drawal symptoms, or who have been diagnosed with a condition attribut-
 9 able to in utero exposure to illegal drugs, as determined by the commis-
 10 sioner through regulation.
 11 § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2542 of the
 12 public health law, as added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, are
 13 amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
 14 (b) be coordinated with efforts to identify, locate and track children
 15 conducted by other agencies responsible for services to infants and
 16 toddlers and their families, including the efforts in (i) part B of the
 17 federal individuals with disabilities education act, including early
 18 childhood direction centers, (ii) the maternal and child health program
 19 under title V of the federal social security act, including the infant
 20 health assessment program, (iii) medicaid's early periodic screening,
 21 diagnosis and treatment program under title XIX of the federal social
 22 security act, and (iv) the federal supplemental security income program;
 23 the keeping children and families safe act of 2003; [and]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02810-01-5

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 1 (c) provide for the identification, tracking and screening of children
 2 at risk of developmental delay, using resources available through the
 3 programs, identified in paragraph (b) of this subdivision and such other
 4 available resources as the commissioner shall commit to this purpose[.];
 5 and
 6 (d) create services and a monitoring program for gestational parents
 7 who give birth to children at risk, which shall include, but not be
 8 limited to identifying risks for the child's wellbeing, suggesting reha-
 9 bilitative steps for the gestational parent to mitigate such risks and
 10 working in accordance with the early intervention program and notify the
 11 office of children and family services in the event that the gestational
 12 parent is non-compliant in the monitoring program.
 13 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 2542 of the public health law, as
 14 amended by chapter 231 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
 15 follows:
 16 3. The following persons and entities, within two working days of
 17 identifying an infant or toddler suspected of having a disability [or],
 18 at risk of having a disabilit