New York S 9498: Relates to the establishment of a statewide supervised visitation initiative to support safe and structured parenting time

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S09498 Summary:

BILL NOS09498 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00065-B

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, HARCKHAM, MYRIE, ROLISON, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §398-g, Soc Serv L

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Directs the office of victim services, in consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to establish a statewide supervised visitation initiative including culturally sensitive services that provide language access for those who need it and that are affordable for those with limited means to pay; requires the submission of regular assessments and reports.

Go to top S09498 Actions:

BILL NOS09498 

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03/18/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/19/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1407

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A65B

&nbspA00065 AMEND=B Hevesi

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to children and families

&nbsp03/10/2025amend (t) and recommit to children and families

&nbsp03/10/2025print number 65a

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.544

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.544

&nbsp06/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/11/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.2

&nbsp03/24/2026amended on third reading 65b

&nbsp04/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp04/28/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp04/28/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9498

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1407

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED 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
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9498

 IN SENATE

 March 18, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 the establish-
 ment of a statewide supervised visitation initiative to support safe
 and structured parenting time

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 398-g to read as follows:
 3 § 398-g. Supervised visitation to support safe and structured parent-
 4 ing time. 1. The legislature finds and declares that professionally
 5 supervised visitation programs are often necessary in order to keep
 6 families safe, to foster healthy family relationships and to further the
 7 best interests of children in family offense, child protective, and
 8 custody and visitation proceedings in supreme and family courts. Recog-
 9 nizing that a large number of counties have no supervised visitation
 10 programs at all and, of those that have such programs, the need far
 11 exceeds the availability of the programs, it is the intent of this
 12 section to provide state support for the establishment of at least one
 13 program in every county that does not have one and, for those counties
 14 and cities that have programs, to expand their reach to meet the need.
 15 Such programs may be essential in cases involving family violence,
 16 mental health, or other cases in which supervision is vital to meet the
 17 needs of the parent and/or child.
 18 2. Within grant funds appropriated by the state for this purpose, the
 19 office of victim services, in consultation with the office for the
 20 prevention of domestic violence, shall establish a statewide supervised
 21 visitation initiative to support safe and structured parenting time,
 22 that shall include culturally sensitive services that provide language
 23 access for those who need it and that are affordable for those with
 24 limited means to pay. The office of victim services shall require each
 25 county and New York City to submit annual assessments of the local needs
 26 for supervised visitation services, as well as plans for meeting the
 27 assessed needs and for collecting data regarding usage and eff