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Senator · Senate District 59
History
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 400a
- Amend and recommit to children and families
- Referred to children and families
- Referred to children and families
Companion bill
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Relates to requiring the statewide automated child welfare information system be capable of storing images and documents
In Assembly Committee · Children And Families · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to storing images and documents in the statewide automated child welfare information system
Purpose
This legislation would require the statewide automated child welfare information system be capable of storing images and documents.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 requires the statewide automated child welfare information system to be capable of storing images and documents.
Section 2 states this act will take effect on January 1, 2018.
Justification
New York State implemented the statewide automated child welfare information system as the result of a 1993 federal law. When the original contracts for the system were announced in 1996, Windows 95 had just been released, which included the first version of Internet Explorer. Even during that period of low expectations for information technology, the statewide automated child welfare information system, CONNECTIONS, was a disappointment to end-users. The system was too difficult to use and navigate. Upgrades to CONNECTIONS have been limited since that time. As a result, many social services districts have developed parallel systems to meet their basic needs, such as storing images and documents. This bill would require the statewide automated child welfare information system to be capable of storing images and documents by January 1, 2017.
Legislative history
2013-14: S.7041/A.9917 Referred to Children and Families/Referred to Children and Families
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act will take effect on January 1, 2018.
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