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A00619 Summary:

BILL NOA00619 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHevesi

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Amd §427-a, Soc Serv L

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Relates to additional state payment assistance; provides that where there is no agreement in effect for federal administration of additional state payments the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance is responsible for providing assistance to applicants for or recipients of such payments as it relates to applying for, modifying or maintaining such benefits.

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BILL NOA00619 

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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
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 619

 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 differential
 response programs for child protection assessments or investigations

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 427-a of the social services law,
 2 as amended by chapter 45 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. [Any] Each social services district [may] shall, upon the authori-
 5 zation of the office of children and family services, establish a
 6 program that implements differential responses to reports of child abuse
 7 and maltreatment. Such programs shall create a family assessment and
 8 services track as an alternative means of addressing certain matters
 9 otherwise investigated as allegations of child abuse or maltreatment
 10 pursuant to this title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
 11 the contrary, the provisions of this section shall apply only to those
 12 cases involving allegations of [abuse or] maltreatment in family
 13 settings expressly included in the family assessment and services track
 14 of the authorized differential response program[, and only in those
 15 social services districts authorized by the office of children and fami-
 16 ly services to implement a differential response program]. Such cases
 17 shall not be subject to the requirements otherwise applicable to cases
 18 reported to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreat-
 19 ment pursuant to this title, except as set forth in this section.
 20 § 2. The opening paragraph and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 21 section 427-a of the social services law, as added by chapter 452 of the
 22 laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
 23 [Any] Each social services district [interested in implementing a
 24 differential response program] shall [apply] submit a plan to the office

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01353-01-5

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 1 of children and family services on or before January first, two thousand
 2 twenty-seven for [permission to participate] authorization to operate a
 3 program pursuant to subdivision one of this section prior to January
 4 first, two thousand twenty-eight. The criteria for [a social services
 5 district to participate] authorization will be determined by the office
 6 of children and family services after consultation with the office for
 7 the prevention of domestic violence[,]; however the social services
 8 district's [application must include a] plan [setting] shall set forth
 9 the following:
 10 (a) in conjunction with any additional requirements imposed by the
 11 office of children and family services and the provisions of this subdi-
 12 vision, the factors to be considered by the social services district in
 13 determining which cases will be addressed through the family assessment
 14 and services track and the size of the population to be the subject of
 15 the differential response program and the protocols that will be in
 16 place to remove implicit bias from the decision-making process in deter-
 17 mining which cases will be subje