New York S 7778: Provides for the licensing and regulation of the profession of reflexology

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S07778 Summary:

BILL NOS07778 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §398, Soc Serv L

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Requires commissioners of local social services districts to screen, apply for, and use and conserve retirement, survivors and disability insurance, supplemental security income, veterans' or any other federal social security benefits on behalf of children placed in foster care; provides for responsibilities of local commissioners of social services appointed to serve as the representative payee for a child; provides for technical assistance and financial literacy for foster children; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS07778 

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05/06/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7778

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring
 commissioners of local social services districts to screen, apply for,
 and use and conserve retirement, survivors and disability insurance,
 supplemental security income, veterans' and other federal social secu-
 rity benefits on behalf of children placed in foster care

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 398 of the social services law is
 2 amended by adding three new paragraphs (q), (r) and (s) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (q) For all children in foster care, a commissioner shall: (i) Screen
 5 for potential eligibility for retirement, survivors and disability
 6 insurance, supplemental security income, veterans', or any other federal
 7 social security benefits and apply for such benefits on behalf of any
 8 child determined to be potentially eligible within sixty days of such
 9 child entering foster care.
 10 (ii) Rescreen all children in foster care annually for eligibility for
 11 all federal benefits, and within thirty days of receipt of any new
 12 information tending to indicate that a child may be eligible for bene-
 13 fits and apply for such benefits on behalf of any such child within
 14 sixty days of the determination of such potential eligibility.
 15 (iii) Provide notice to a child, such child's attorney, and such
 16 child's parent or parents or legal guardian or guardians of any applica-
 17 tion, decision, communication, or appeal related to such child's retire-
 18 ment, survivors and disability insurance, supplemental security income,
 19 veterans' or any other federal social security benefits.
 20 (iv) For each child the commissioner determines may potentially be
 21 eligible for benefits, identify an appropriate representative payee, in
 22 cooperation with such child, such child's family, and the attorney for
 23 such child, pursuant to the established categories of preferred payees
 24 in 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.2021 and 416.621. The commissioner shall seek to be
 25 appointed as the representative payee only when there is no other appro-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11060-02-5

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 1 priate preferred payee available who agrees to use and preserve the
 2 benefits in the interest of a child.
 3 (r) For each child for whom a commissioner is appointed to serve as
 4 the representative payee, such commissioner shall: (i) Meet regularly
 5 with any child who is developmentally able to participate in financial
 6 planning and such child's attorney to develop a plan to use and conserve
 7 the benefits.
 8 (ii) Use the payments to meet the child's specific immediate unmet
 9 needs, as determined in cooperation with such child, such child's care-
 10 taker, and such child's attorney. Benefits may be used to meet such
 11 child's needs for goods or services not provided through the foster care
 12