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- Referred to social services
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1356
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 8132a
- Amend and recommit to children and families
- Referred to children and families
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BILL NUMBER:S8132A
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law and the domestic relations law, in relation to the provision of information on post-adoption services to adoptive parents
General idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to notify adoptive parents of available local and regional post adoption services.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill would require social services districts to create and keep current a resource guide of available post-adoption services to be given to the family court. The family court would then be required to provide this resource guide to adoptive parents during or prior to the final adoption proceedings.
Section 2 of the bill adds a new subdivision 9 to Section 112 of the Domestic Relation Law requiring that the presiding judge or surrogate ensures that the adoptive parent receives the post adoptive resource guide.
Section 3 of the bill adds a new subdivision 14 of Section 115 of the domestic relation law requiring that the presiding judge or surrogate ensures that the adoptive parent receives the post adoption resource guide.
Section 4 of the bill states enactment 90 days after this bill becomes law.
Justification
Post adoption services have gained recognition for the successful outcomes they can have in ensuring adoptions last. It is important that families adopting children from foster care or private adoption agencies receive information on available post-adoption services. Services such as respite, family counseling and mental health treatment help maintain permanency for families who face challenges after an adoption. Often, challenges among adoptive families may not emerge until sometime after the adoption is completed, when the family no longer interacts with the local social services districts or Family Court. It is therefore essential that parents receive information on available services prior to the conclusion of the adoption proceedings. Such information would increase access to essential services and help to prevent disruption in adoptive families.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
To be determined.
Effective date
90 days following the enactment.
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