Assembly BillIntroduced
A 487: Increases the state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services from 65 to 75 percent.
What A 487 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to increase the state reimbursement rate for preventative child protective services. This change will apply to services provided to eligible children and families, including those in and out of foster care, independent living services, aftercare services, and adoption administration and services. The new reimbursement rate will be seventy-five percent of the expenditures, subject to the directives of the department of family assistance and the approval of the director of the budget. The bill will take effect immediately, but the changes will be repealed with the repeal of the original section.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| May. 28, 2025 | reported referred to ways and means |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to children and families |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 325 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 487 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, SHIMSKY, DE LOS SANTOS, RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families 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. LBD01520-01-5
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