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NY A10793
Bill
Status
4/21/2010
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrion Aubry
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AI Summary
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Transfers supervision of family court probation services from the Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives to the Chief Administrator of the Courts, effective September 1, 2010.
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Establishes a Family Court Probation Advisory Board with eight members to assist the Chief Administrator in developing rules, workload standards, and procedures for family court probation services.
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Transfers administration of state aid reimbursement for family court probation services from the Executive Law to the Judiciary, effective April 1, 2011, with the state reimbursing 50% of approved local expenditures.
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Creates a Family Court Probation Services Assistance Program to provide grants to counties and New York City for enhancing vocational, educational, and therapeutic services supporting probation functions in family court.
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Grants probation departments conducting court-ordered family court investigations access to criminal history records maintained by state law enforcement agencies for criminal justice purposes.
Legislative Description
Places responsibility for supervision of probation services in family court with the judiciary, including the obligation to budget the statutory percentage of state reimbursement to localities for services of their probation systems in family court and establishes the family court assistance program to provide supplemental grants to localities.
Last Action
reported referred to codes
6/28/2010