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NY A08313
Bill
Status
6/7/2017
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Hevesi
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AI Summary
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Changes biennial certification requirement to annual certification that adoptive parents are fulfilling adoption subsidy agreement obligations and providing support to the adopted child.
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Requires adoptive parents to notify social services officials if they are no longer providing support, are no longer legally responsible for the child's support, or if physical custody or guardianship of the child has been transferred to another person.
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Authorizes social services officials to terminate adoption assistance if adoptive parents fail to respond to certification notices within 30 days or if reasonable cause exists to suspect parents are no longer providing support to the child.
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Requires social services officials to redirect adoption assistance payments to new custodians or guardians retroactively from the date assistance to adoptive parents was terminated, with payments continuing until the child's twenty-first birthday.
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Allows social services officials to make direct payments to the adopted child between ages 18 and 21 if assistance is terminated and no other person has legal custody or guardianship.
Legislative Description
Authorizes the social services department to terminate the subsidies that may be provided to a parent who adopts a disabled or hard to place child under certain circumstances.
Last Action
reference changed to children and families
1/23/2018