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A00595 Summary:

BILL NOA00595 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHevesi

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Amd §§412 & 424, add §424-c, Soc Serv L

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Establishes alternative living arrangements for children who are at a substantial risk of abuse; defines an alternative living arrangement as a temporary, written and agreed upon out of home living arrangement developed as a result of an investigation of child maltreatment by the child protective service that would allow for a relative or suitable person to temporarily care for a child who is at a substantial risk of abuse or in imminent danger of neglect; requires annual reporting.

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BILL NOA00595 

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01/08/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 595

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing
 alternative living arrangements for children who are at a substantial
 risk of abuse

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

 1 Section 1. Section 412 of the social services law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 3 10. An "alternative living arrangement" means a temporary, written and
 4 agreed upon out of home living arrangement developed as a result of an
 5 investigation of child maltreatment by the child protective service that
 6 would allow for a relative or suitable person as defined in subdivisions
 7 (m) and (n) of section one thousand twelve of the family court act or
 8 paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subdivision three of section four hundred
 9 fifty-eight-a of this article, who is identified by any parent, person
 10 legally responsible or child over the age of five, to temporarily care
 11 for a child who is at a substantial risk of abuse as defined in para-
 12 graph (i), (ii) or (iii) of subdivision (e) of section one thousand
 13 twelve of the family court act or in imminent danger of neglect as
 14 defined in paragraph (i) of subdivision (f) of section one thousand
 15 twelve of such act.
 16 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 424 of the social services law, as added
 17 by chapter 1039 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
 18 2. maintain and keep up-to-date a local child abuse and maltreatment
 19 register of all cases reported under this title together with any addi-
 20 tional information obtained and a record of the final disposition of the
 21 report, including services offered and accepted and any alternative
 22 living arrangement made for the care of any child in the home of a rela-
 23 tive or suitable person;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01614-01-5

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 1 § 3. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 424-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 424-c. Alternative living arrangements. 1. An alternative living
 4 arrangement may be facilitated by the child protective service to
 5 arrange for the child to temporarily reside with a relative or suitable
 6 person without a judicial removal for a limited amount of time and is
 7 available only in circumstances where grounds exist for removal pursuant
 8 to article ten of the family court act. Prior to offering such an
 9 arrangement to a family, the child protective service worker must
 10 explain that the child protective service has no legal authority to
 11 compel such family to agree to the arrangement but may inform the family
 12 of the obligations and authority of the child protective service to
 13 petition the family court for a determination that a child is in need of
 14 care and protection. This out of home arrangement shall not be used
 15 without written documentation of the circumstances that warrant removal.
 16 2. (a) An alternative living arrangement agreement shall be in writ-