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NY A08504
Bill
Status
Passed
8/13/2010
Primary Sponsor
Inez Barron
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AI Summary
- Permits trial discharges for youth aging out of foster care to be extended at each permanency hearing until age 21, with consent required for youth over 18
- Allows former foster care youth under 21 who were discharged due to refusal to consent to placement to reenter foster care within 24 months or until their 21st birthday if they meet eligibility requirements
- Requires youth seeking reentry to consent to enrollment and attendance in an appropriate educational or vocational program, unless court finds such enrollment unnecessary given circumstances
- Establishes court procedures for reentry motions, including standards for finding local social services refusal to allow reentry is unreasonable
- Changes terminology from "law guardian" to "attorney for the child" throughout Family Court Act provisions related to youth placement and permanency hearings
- Requires social services officials to provide notice to discharged youth of their right to reapply for foster care and conditions for reentry eligibility
Legislative Description
Relates to trial discharges of youth in foster care and voluntary re-placements of older adolescents in foster care; extends trial discharges at permanency hearings for successive periods of up to six months until youth reach the age of 21, and where the affected youth is over 18, any such trail discharge would require his or her consent; allows youth between 18-21 who have been discharged within 24 months to seek leave to return voluntarily to foster care.
Last Action
signed chap.342
8/13/2010
Committee Referrals
Children and Families3/10/2010
Rules6/18/2009
Rules6/17/2009
Codes6/3/2009
Children and Families5/26/2009
Full Bill Text
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