New York S 5948: Relates to granting certain members of the state police credit for service as a state university police officer

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S05948 Summary:

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Add §522-a, Exec L

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Establishes the peer advocacy and mentoring program; provides peer support, advocacy and mentoring for youth in residential care.

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5948

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the peer
 advocacy and mentoring program

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 522-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 522-a. Peer advocacy and mentoring program. 1. There is hereby
 4 created within the office of children and family services, a peer advo-
 5 cacy and mentoring program.
 6 2. The office of children and family services shall, in consultation
 7 with the office of mental health and within the amounts appropriated
 8 therefor, contract with a not-for-profit organization or organizations
 9 specializing in providing peer support and advocacy to youth and the
 10 needs of youth, including but not limited to emotional and behavioral
 11 needs, to establish a peer advocacy and mentoring program. Such program
 12 shall be designed to provide peer support, advocacy and mentoring for
 13 youth residing in residential care.
 14 3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
 15 priority for services under the peer advocacy and mentoring program
 16 shall be given to youth who were placed in residential care pursuant to
 17 section 353.3 of the family court act, and who reside in facilities
 18 described in section five hundred four of this article.
 19 4. Peer advocates acting as employees or volunteers in the peer advo-
 20 cacy and mentoring program shall: (a) be individuals between the ages of
 21 sixteen and thirty who have:
 22 (i) previously been placed in residential care;
 23 (ii) experienced disabilities or behavioral health needs; and
 24 (iii) successfully completed training that has been approved by the
 25 commissioners of the office of mental health and the office of children

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10559-01-5

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 1 and family services, qualifying such individuals to work in the peer
 2 advocacy and mentoring program;
 3 (b) have reasonable and appropriate access to youth in residential
 4 facilities and the opportunity to meet with youth in a private, confi-
 5 dential setting;
 6 (c) serve as a link for youth and their families to other supports
 7 including the attorney for the child and the office of the ombudsperson
 8 as described in section five hundred twenty-three-b of this title; and
 9 (d) not identify, in any way, outside of their scope of employment or
 10 duties as a peer advocate, the name or identity of any youth served
 11 within the peer advocacy and mentoring program without the express writ-
 12 ten consent of such youth.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 14 have become a law.

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