New York S 1761: Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program

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S01761 Summary:

BILL NOS01761 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04122

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

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BILL NOS01761 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1761

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT authorizing and directing the office of children and family
 services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program;
 and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
 of

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

 1 Section 1. The office of children and family services, in conjunction
 2 with the inspector general, is authorized and directed to conduct a
 3 study on the family assessment response program. Such study shall:
 4 (a) determine if the program is accomplishing the program's intended
 5 goals;
 6 (b) determine if the program is being operated as designed;
 7 (c) identify areas where the program can be improved;
 8 (d) suggest changes to the program to improve areas where the program
 9 needs improvement;
 10 (e) specify why certain areas of the program require changes;
 11 (f) identify if the application and/or approval process localities
 12 utilize for approval of family assessment response program plans require
 13 updates or modifications;
 14 (g) determine if the program is worth expanding across the state,
 15 making the program either an opt-out or mandatory program;
 16 (h) examine the potential mandated expansion of the family assessment
 17 response program in the state of New York, including, but not limited
 18 to:
 19 (i) how has the program worked in localities which have adopted such
 20 family assessment response program via application approved by the
 21 office of children and family services;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05064-01-5

 S. 1761 2

 1 (ii) the frequency with which child protective services' investi-
 2 gations are initiated into a familial unit within six months of such
 3 familial unit completing a family assessment response case; and
 4 (iii) the percentage of children alleged to be maltreated in a family
 5 assessment response case who are later determined to be maltreated in a
 6 subsequent child protective services' investigation within six months of
 7 the closure of such family assessment response case; and
 8 (i) study anything else the office of children and family services or
 9 the inspector general determines necessary to determine if the family
 10 assessment response program is working as designed, if it can be
 11 improved, and if it is worth expanding and/or mandating state-wide.
 12 § 2. The office of children and family services, in conjunction with
 13 the inspector general, shall publish a report containing the findings of
 14 the study. Such report shall be delivered to the governor, the temporary
 15 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly no later than
 16 one year after the effective date of this act.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 18 deemed repealed two years after such effective date.

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