A 1018: Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability; makes technical changes to certain provisions of law.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1018 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT amend the social services law, in relation to making technical changes to certain provisions of such law; to repeal sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained records for certain children to include whether they have a developmental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a develop- mental disability; as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, in relation to conducting a study to determine the number of children in foster care and who have been diagnosed with a developmental disability; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained records for certain children to include whether they have a develop- mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legis- lative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 372 of 2 the social services law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 3 amending the social services law relating to requiring maintained 4 records for certain children to include whether they have a develop- 5 mental disability; and conducting a study on the number of children in 6 foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed in legisla- 7 tive bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are amended to read as 8 follows: 9 (b) [his or her] the child's sex and date and place of birth, if 10 ascertainable, or [his or her] the child's apparent age; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02884-01-5 
 A. 1018 2 1 (c) the full and true names and places of birth of [his or her] the 2 child's parents, and [their] such parents' actual residence if living, 3 or [their] such parents' latest known residence, if deceased or where- 4 abouts unknown and the name and actual residence of any other person 5 having custody of the child, as nearly as the same can reasonably be 6 ascertained; 7 § 2. Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending 8 the social services law relating to requiring maintained records for 9 certain children to include whether they have a developmental disabili- 10 ty; and conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who 11 have a developmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills 12 numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, are REPEALED. 13 § 3. Section 6 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social 14 services law relating to requiring maintained records for certain chil- 15 dren to include whether they have a developmental disability; and 16 conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a 17 developmental disability, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 18 8679-A and A. 8846-A, is renumbered section 2 and amended to read as 19 follows: 20 § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] one year after it shall 21 have become a law. 22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 23 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and 24 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 relating to requir- 25 ing maintained records for certain children to include whether they have 26 a developmental disability; and conducting a study on the number of 27 children in foster care who have a developmental disability, as proposed 28 in legislative bills numbers S. 8679-A and A. 8846-A, takes effect.