New York S 5437: Allows prospective and current agency personnel receive certification through remote training methods

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S05437 Summary:

BILL NOS05437A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05893-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §409-g, Soc Serv L

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Allows prospective and current agency personnel to receive certification through remote training methods.

Go to top S05437 Actions:

BILL NOS05437A

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

03/14/2025REFERENCE CHANGED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1222

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

03/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/15/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

04/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 5437A

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1053

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A5893A

&nbspA05893 AMEND=A Hevesi

&nbsp02/24/2025referred to children and families

&nbsp03/25/2025reported 

&nbsp03/27/2025advanced to third reading cal.77

&nbsp04/01/2025passed assembly

&nbsp04/01/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp04/01/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.146

&nbsp02/24/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/24/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp02/24/2026REFERRED 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 5893a

&nbsp04/29/2026repassed assembly

&nbsp04/29/2026returned to senate

&nbsp04/29/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S5437A

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1053

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5437--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Children and Families in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and
 committed to the Committee on Finance -- 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 allowing
 prospective and current agency personnel complete training through
 remote training methods

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

 1 Section 1. Section 409-g of the social services law, as added by chap-
 2 ter 611 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 409-g. Training of child welfare personnel. 1. Within the amounts
 4 appropriated therefor, including all federal reimbursement received or
 5 to be received on account thereof, the department shall develop and
 6 implement a plan for the training of social services district and other
 7 authorized agency personnel, including caseworkers involved in the
 8 provision or supervision of preventive services, foster care services
 9 and adoption services. Such training shall include but need not be
 10 limited to:
 11 [1. Permanence] (a) permanence casework: casework methodologies
 12 focused on activities designed to prevent placement in foster care or to
 13 shorten the length of stay in care for those children who can be
 14 returned home or freed for adoption;
 15 [2. Development] (b) development of skills to facilitate rehabili-
 16 tation or restoration of the family unit;
 17 [3. Development] (c) development of knowledge and skills in legally
 18 freeing children for adoption and providing adoption services;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06807-02-6

 S. 5437--A 2

 1 [4. Development] (d) development of knowledge and skills to prepare
 2 for court processes necessary in foster care and adoption; and
 3 [5. Development] (e) development of case management