Bill Text: NY A02807 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services from 65 to 75 percent.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A02807 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02807-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2807

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 27, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means

        AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the
          state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services

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

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 153-k of the
     2  social services law, as added by section 15 of part C of chapter  83  of
     3  the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  Expenditures  made by social services districts for child protec-
     5  tive services, preventive services provided, as applicable, to  eligible
     6  children  and  families  of  children  who are in and out of foster care
     7  placement, independent living services, aftercare services, and adoption
     8  administration and  services  other  than  adoption  subsidies  provided
     9  pursuant  to  article  six  of  this  chapter and the regulations of the
    10  department of family assistance shall, if  approved  by  the  office  of
    11  children  and  family  services, be subject to [sixty-five] seventy-five
    12  percent state reimbursement exclusive of any federal funds  made  avail-
    13  able for such purposes, in accordance with the directives of the depart-
    14  ment of family assistance and subject to the approval of the director of
    15  the budget.
    16    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    17  the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 153-k of the
    18  social services law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
    19  repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05112-01-3