New York S 10000: Authorizes children who will be 18 or older on the date of a permanency hearing to apply to dispense with the provision of notice and copy of the hearing report

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S10000 Summary:

BILL NOS10000 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11467

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1089, Fam Ct Act

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Authorizes children who will be 18 or older on the date of a permanency hearing to apply to dispense with the provision of notice and copy of such hearing and to redact portions of the hearing report.

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BILL NOS10000 

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04/22/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1167

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to codes

06/03/2026substituted for a11467

06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.436

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10000

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- (at request of the Unified Court System)
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to protection of the
 confidentiality rights of youth over the age of 18 in foster care with
 respect to permanency hearings

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions (b) and (e) of section 1089 of the family
 2 court act, as added by section 27 of part A of chapter 3 of the laws of
 3 2005, subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) as
 4 amended by chapter 573 of the laws of 2015, subparagraph (iii) of para-
 5 graph 1 as amended and paragraph 1-a as added by chapter 14 of the laws
 6 of 2016, and paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) as amended by section 8 of
 7 part B of chapter 327 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 (b) Notice of permanency hearings. (1) No later than fourteen days
 10 before the date certain for a permanency hearing scheduled pursuant to
 11 this section, the local social services district shall serve the notice
 12 of the permanency hearing and the permanency hearing report by regular
 13 mail upon:
 14 (i) except as provided in paragraph one-b of this subdivision, the
 15 child's parent, including any non-respondent parent, unless the parental
 16 rights of the parent have been terminated or surrendered, and any other
 17 person legally responsible for the child's care at the most recent
 18 address or addresses known to the local social services district or
 19 agency, and the foster parent in whose home the child currently resides,
 20 each of whom shall be a party to the proceeding;
 21 (ii) the agency supervising the care of the child on behalf of the
 22 social services district with whom the child was placed, the child's
 23 attorney, and the attorney for the respondent parent; and
 24 (iii) the attorney for the child.
 25 (1-a) If the child is age ten or older, no later than fourteen days
 26 before the date certain for a permanency hearing scheduled pursuant to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14966-01-6

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 1 this section, the local social services district shall serve the notice
 2 of the permanency hearing by regular mail upon the child. Nothing herein
 3 shall be deemed to prevent an attorney for the child from consulting
 4 with the child about the child's participation in the permanency hearing
 5 as required by section one thousand ninety-a of this article prior to
 6 the service of the notice required pursuant to this paragraph.
 7 (1-b) (i) If the child will be eighteen years of age or older on the
 8 date certain of the permanency hearing scheduled pursuant to this
 9 section, no later than forty-five days before such date certain, the
 10 child or the child's attorney may apply to the court by motion or order
 11 to show cause for an order dispensing with provision of the notice and
 12 copy of the permanency hearing report in accordance with subparagraph
 13 (i) of paragraph one and paragraph two of this subdivision and/or for an
 14 order redacting portions of the permane