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- Committed to rules
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- Referred to children and families
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Requires agencies to provide potential adoptive parents with information concerning state-funded benefits or services available once the foster child is adopted as well as those that expire upon adoption
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Donna Lupardo
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BILL NUMBER:S4976
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring agencies to provide potential adoptive parents with information concerning state-funded benefits or services received by a foster child that expire upon adoption
Purpose of bill
To require state agencies to provide a foster parent with a list of any publicly-funded benefits or services that such foster child is currently eligible for, but shall expire upon the adoption of such foster child
Summary of provisions
The bill amends section 372-f of the social services law by adding a new subdivision 5 that requires the Office of Children and Family Services to promulgate regulations for authorized agencies in the state to provide a foster parent with a list of any publicly-funded benefits or services that such foster child is currently eligible for, but shall expire upon the adoption of such foster child. If a service shall expire, information shall be provided if that service is available in the community or how it can be obtained from other private sources. The information would be available on such office's website.
Justification
Challenges among adoptive families may not emerge until sometime after the adoption is completed, when the family no longer interacts with the state adoption service. It is therefore important that foster parents receive information on available or expiring services prior to the completion of the adoption proceeding. Such information would prevent disruption in access to essential services for foster children and their families. This legislation helps potential adoptive families in achieving and maintaining permanency by providing them with information about any benefits or services that their children are eligible for, but will expire upon the adoption. Also, if a service is about to expire upon the adoption of a foster child, information on whether that service is available in community or private sources will be provided to adoptive families to help them make seamless transitions for their children.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
90 Days after it shall have become a law.
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