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NY Soc Serv L § 398-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 398-B - Transition to Managed Care.

§   398-b.   Transition   to  managed  care.  1.  Notwithstanding  any   inconsistent provision of  law  to  the  contrary  and  subject  to  the   availability  of  federal  financial  participation, the commissioner is   authorized to make grants up to a gross amount of five  million  dollars   for  state  fiscal year two thousand fourteen--fifteen and up to a gross   amount of fifteen million dollars for state  fiscal  year  two  thousand   fifteen--sixteen  to  facilitate  the transition of foster care children   placed with voluntary foster care agencies to managed care. The  use  of   such  funds  may  include  providing training and consulting services to   voluntary agencies to assess readiness and make necessary infrastructure   and organizational modifications,  collecting  service  utilization  and   other  data  from  voluntary  agencies  and  other  entities, and making   investments   in   health   information   technology,   including    the   infrastructure  necessary  to  establish  and maintain electronic health   records. Such funds shall be distributed pursuant to  a  formula  to  be   developed  by  the  commissioner  of  health,  in  consultation with the   commissioner  of  the  office  of  children  and  family  services.   In   developing such formula the commissioners may take into account size and   scope  of  provider  operations  as a factor relevant to eligibility for   such funds. Each recipient of such funds shall be required  to  document   and  demonstrate  the  effective  use  of  funds  distributed herein. If   federal financial participation  is  unavailable,  then  the  nonfederal   share  of  payments  pursuant  to  this subdivision may be made as state   grants.2. Data provided by voluntary foster care agencies shall be  compliant   with  the health insurance portability and accountability act, and shall   be transmitted securely using eMEDS or other mechanism to be  determined   by  the department of health. Such data may be used by the department of   health to establish rates of payment for managed care organizations  for   services provided to children in foster care. In establishing such rates   the   commissioner   of   health  shall  also  take  into  account  care   coordination services that will continue to be provided by the voluntary   foster care agencies.3. The commissioner of health shall issue a report to be  made  public   on  the department of health's website. Such report shall conform to the   requirements of subdivision five of section  ninety-two  of  part  H  of   chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two thousand eleven.
NY Soc Serv L § 398-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 398-C - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner in Relation to Children.

§  398-c.  Powers  and  duties  of  the  commissioner  in  relation to   children. 1. The commissioner shall determine  whether  a  child,  whose   report  is  submitted to the department pursuant to subparagraph five of   paragraph b of subdivision one of section forty-four hundred two of  the   education   law   or  subdivision  thirteen  of  section  three  hundred   ninety-eight of this article, will likely need adult  services  and,  if   such need will likely exist, develop a recommendation of all appropriate   programs authorized or operated by the department which may be available   when  the  child  attains  the  age  of  twenty-one.  If  necessary  and   appropriate, the commissioner may conduct an evaluation of the child  to   determine  if  adult  services will be necessary. Such recommendation of   all programs shall be made available to the parent or guardian  of  such   child  as  soon  as practicable but no later than six months before such   child attains the age of twenty-one.2. If the commissioner determines pursuant to subdivision one of  this   section,   that   such  child  will  not  require  adult  services,  the   commissioner shall notify the child's parent or guardian in  writing  of   such  determination.  Such  notice shall be given as soon as practicable   but no later than six  months  before  the  child  attains  the  age  of   twenty-one.3.  Notwithstanding  subdivisions  one  and  two  of this section, the   commissioner may determine that the department is  not  responsible  for   determining  and recommending adult services for such child. When such a   determination is made it shall be made  as  soon  as  practicable  after   receiving  the  report  and  the  commissioner  shall promptly notify in   writing the committee on special education,  multidisciplinary  team  or   social services official who sent the report that such determination has   been made. Such notice shall state the reasons for the determination and   may  recommend  a  state agency which may be responsible for determining   and recommending adult services.4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create an entitlement   to adult services.5. A designee of the commissioner may carry out the functions  of  the   commissioner described in this section.
NY Soc Serv L § 398-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 398-E - Eligibility for Protective Services, Foster Care Services, and Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.

§  398-e.  Eligibility  for protective services, foster care services,   and residential services for victims of  domestic  violence.  An  alien,   including  a  non-qualified  alien,  as determined by applicable federal   statute and regulation, is eligible for protective services  for  adults   and children, foster care services, and residential services for victims   of  domestic  violence,  to the extent such person is otherwise eligible   pursuant to this chapter and the regulations of the office  of  children   and   family  services  and  the  office  of  temporary  and  disability   assistance.
NY Soc Serv L § 399 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 399 - Children Discharged From State Institutions.

§     399.     Children  discharged  from  state  institutions.    The   commissioner  of  social  services  shall  co-operate  with  the   state   institutions   for   delinquent,   mentally   disabled   and  physically   handicapped children to ascertain the conditions of  the  home  and  the   character and habits of the parents of a child before his discharge from   a  state institution, and make recommendations as to the advisability of   returning said child to his home.  In case the  commissioner  of  social   services  shall  deem  it  unwise to have any such child returned to his   former home, such  state  institution  may,  with  the  consent  of  the   commissioner,  place  such  child  into the care of said commissioner of   social services.
NY Soc Serv L § 400 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 400 - Removal of Children.

§ 400.  Removal of children. 1.  When any child shall have been placed   in  an  institution  or in a family home by a  social services official,   the social services official may remove such child from such institution   or family home and make such disposition of such child as is provided by   law, provided however, that in the case of a child who is a patient in a   hospital licensed or operated by  the  office  of  mental  health,  such   social  services  official  may  remove such child only upon the written   authorization of the medical director of the facility in which the child   is a patient. A medical  director  may  only  refuse  to  authorize  the   removal  of  a  child  if involuntary care and treatment of the child is   warranted. In such case the director  shall  institute  necessary  civil   commitment  proceedings  in  accordance  with article nine of the mental   hygiene law.2.   Any person aggrieved  by  such  decision  of  a  social  services   official  may  appeal  to  the  department pursuant to the provisions of   section twenty-two of this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 401 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 401 - Births to Inmates of Public Homes.

§  401.  Births to inmates of public homes.  No commissioner of public   welfare shall provide care in a  public  home  for  any  pregnant  woman   during  confinement  unless  such  public  home has adequate hospital or   infirmary facilities, is equipped to  give  the  necessary  medical  and   nursing  care and has a certificate from the department authorizing such   public home to care for maternity cases.    Certificates  authorizing  a   public  home to care for maternity cases may be issued by the department   for a one-year period, subject to renewal, but may  be  revoked  at  any   time  by  the  department.    If  the public home is not so certified, a   commissioner of public welfare  shall,  a  reasonable  time  before  the   expected  confinement  of  any  pregnant  woman inmate, provide suitable   maintenance and medical care for her in a hospital or some  other  place   equipped to give adequate care.
NY Soc Serv L § 402 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 402 - Children Forbidden in Public Homes.

§  402.    Children  forbidden  in  public  homes.   No public welfare   official shall send a child to be cared for in a  public  home,  and  no   commissioner  of  public  welfare and no superintendent of a public home   shall receive a child in a public home, except that a  child  under  the   age  of  two  years  may  be cared for with his mother in a public home.   Such child shall not remain in the public  home  after  he  becomes  two   years  of  age.    Provided,  however,  that  when  so authorized by the   department a child may be sent to a general hospital  connected  with  a   public  home  or  to  a separate institution located in the grounds of a   public home used  only  for  special  or  temporary  care  of  children.   Provided,  further,  that  the  provisions  of this section shall not be   deemed to prohibit the placement  of  a  child  or  minor  in  a  public   institution   for   children,   as  defined  in  section  three  hundred   seventy-one of this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 403 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials 403 - The Religious Faith of Children and Minors.

§  403.    The  religious faith of children and minors.  The religious   faith of children and minors between sixteen and eighteen years  of  age   coming  under  the  jurisdiction  of  public  welfare officials shall be   preserved  and  protected  in  accordance  with  section  three  hundred   seventy-three.
NY Soc Serv L § 406 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 3 - Child Welfare Services 406 - Department of Social Welfare Designated as State Agency.

§  406.  Department of social welfare designated as state agency.  The   department is hereby designated as the agency of the state to administer   and expend any and all grants of moneys allocated or made  available  to   the  state  under  the provisions of the federal social security act for   child welfare services as defined in such act, subject to the provisions   of such act and rules and regulations established thereunder and to  the   laws  of  the  state  and rules and regulations established by the state   comptroller.
NY Soc Serv L § 408 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 3 - Child Welfare Services 408 - Custodian of Funds.

§ 408.  Custodian of funds.  The department of taxation and finance is   hereby  authorized  to accept and receive on behalf of the state any and   all grants or allotments of money made available  to  the  state  by  or   pursuant  to  the  federal  social  security  act for such child welfare   services.  All moneys so accepted and received shall be deposited by the   department of taxation and finance to the credit of a special  fund  for   use  exclusively  for  the  purposes for which such grants or allotments   were made.    The  department  shall  certify  to  the  comptroller  all   expenditures  to  be made from such special fund for payment of the part   of the cost of district, county or other local  child  welfare  services   and  for  developing state services for the encouragement and assistance   of adequate methods of  community  child  welfare  organization.    Such   expenditures may be made for personal service and for administrative and   other costs of operation.
NY Soc Serv L § 409 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 4 - Preventive Services for Children and Their Families 409 - Preventive Services; Definition.

§  409.    Preventive  services;  definition.   As used in this title,   "preventive services" shall mean supportive and rehabilitative  services   provided,   in   accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  title  and   regulations of the department, to children and their  families  for  the   purpose of:  averting an impairment or disruption of a family which will   or  could  result in the placement of a child in foster care; enabling a   child who has been placed in foster care to return to his family  at  an   earlier   time  than  would  otherwise  be  possible;  or  reducing  the   likelihood that a child who has been discharged from foster  care  would   return to such care.
NY Soc Serv L § 409-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 4-A - Child Welfare Services Planning and Administration 409-G - Training of Child Welfare Personnel.

§  409-g.    Training  of child welfare personnel.  Within the amounts   appropriated therefor, including all federal reimbursement  received  or   to  be  received  on  account  thereof, the department shall develop and   implement a plan for  the training of social services district and other   authorized agency  personnel,  including  caseworkers  involved  in  the   provision  or  supervision  of preventive services, foster care services   and adoption services.   Such training shall include  but  need  not  be   limited to:1.  Permanence casework:  casework methodologies focused on activities   designed to prevent placement in foster care or to shorten the length of   stay  in  care  for those children who can be returned home or freed for   adoption;2.  Development of skills to facilitate rehabilitation or  restoration   of the family unit;3.    Development  of knowledge and skills in legally freeing children   for adoption and providing adoption services;4.  Development of knowledge and skills to prepare for court processes   necessary in foster care and adoption; and5.   Development of case  management  skills  including  planning  for   permanence for each child.
NY Soc Serv L § 409-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 4-B - Services; Pregnant Adolescents 409-J - Case Management.

§  409-j. Case management. 1. As used in this title, "case management"   shall refer to a method of providing necessary  prevention  and  support   services,  directly  or by purchase of services, to recipients of public   assistance and shall require the facilitating of such services  for  the   purpose  of  insuring  family  stability and assistance in achieving the   greatest degree of economic independence.2. Appropriate local social services  staff  shall  be  designated  as   responsible  on  a  case  by  case basis, for the assessment of services   needed by the adolescent or teenage recipient to achieve defined service   goals, and for the planning  and  referral  of  services  and  follow-up   activities,   including   the  monitoring  and  evaluation  of  services   provided. Designated case management  staff  shall  be  responsible  for   performing such activities for a specified period prescribed pursuant to   department  regulations  dependent on such factors as age, education and   job skills attainment of the individual, household size and stability of   the family unit.3. When referrals to services are provided  under  other  state-funded   programs  or are directly purchased by the social services district, the   district may request that  the  provider  obtain  and  transmit  to  the   district  the  information  necessary  to  perform  the  case management   function.4. The provisions of this title shall apply to those  cases  involving   pregnant  adolescents  and teen parents in receipt of public assistance,   including any males and females under eighteen  years  of  age  who  are   designated  payees  of their own cases, payees of their children's cases   or those public  assistance  recipients  under  eighteen  years  of  age   identified  pursuant  to  rules and regulations as at-risk youth needing   prevention services, where appropriate. At local option, case management   services may be provided to those cases headed by persons eighteen years   of age or older but under twenty-one years of age.5. In the event that an adolescent or  teenage  recipient  refuses  to   accept  services  identified by social services district staff as needed   by the adolescent or teenager, such refusal shall not carry  any  threat   of fiscal sanctions.6.  Case  records  developed  by  social  services districts and other   agencies for persons eligible for or receiving services pursuant to  the   provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  confidential and maintained in   accordance with the provisions of section one hundred thirty-six of this   chapter and the regulations of the department.
NY Soc Serv L § 409-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 4-B - Services; Pregnant Adolescents 409-K - Case Plan and Service Record.

§  409-k.  Case  plan  and  service  record.  1.  With respect to each individual who is  identified  as  requiring  case  management  services pursuant  to  this  title,  the  social  services district shall, within thirty days of such identification, perform or have performed an initial joint  assessment  with  the  individual,  and   other   persons   where appropriate,  for the purpose of identifying those problems that have an impact on  family  stability  and  hinder  the  potential  for  economic independence. A social services district shall prior to implementing the provisions  of  this  title  submit a plan for a service case management system to the commissioner for approval.   2. Upon completion of the assessment provided in  subdivision  one  of this  section,  the social services district shall, in consultation with the  individual,  establish  and  maintain  or  have   established   and maintained  a  case  plan  and  service  record  prescribed  pursuant to regulations  of  the  department  which  shall  include  at  least   the following:  (a)  identification  of  short  term  and  long range goals which will ameliorate the problems indicated in subdivision one  of  this  section. Such  identification  shall  also include an estimate of the time period necessary to meet these goals;  (b) identification of services needed by the client, and a description of the available resources in the community to meet identified needs; if services are not available the record should reflect such;  (c) documentation of the arrangements made for  the  referral  of  the client to service providers;  (d)  listing  of all services rendered, both direct and those provided by other public and private agencies in the community;  (e) follow-up action  taken  to  assure  clients  are  in  receipt  of services,  and  any  actions taken to remove any existing barriers which impede the maximum efficiency of service delivery; and  (f) recordation of the types, cost and auspices of services provided.   3. The case plan and service record  shall  be  reviewed  and  may  be revised,  in  consultation  with the individual, at least once every six months after the plan and record have been prepared. Such  review  shall include  an evaluation of the effectiveness of services rendered and any necessary revisions in goals  or  planned  services  as  they  meet  the objectives  indicated  in  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  two  of this section.   4. The case plan and service record shall include information for  the purpose  of  obtaining  information  regarding services rendered and the cost of such services based on assessed values or the value of  services rendered,  where  no  fees  are  charged  as  in other publicly financed programs together with such other information  as  may  be  required  by rules and regulations of the department.   5.  The  department  is authorized and directed to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
NY Soc Serv L § 409-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 4-B - Services; Pregnant Adolescents 409-L - Advisory Board.

§ 409-l. Advisory board. An advisory board shall be established by the   commissioner to assist in the development and implementation of the case   management  provisions.  It  will be the responsibility of this board to   assist in the development of various service models  that  local  social   services   districts   shall   employ,  assist  in  the  formulation  of   appropriate procedures for evaluating such case management services, and   determine the fiscal impact of such services as defined in section  four   hundred  nine-j of this title.  Appointments to the advisory board shall   be obtained from public and private organizations providing teenage  and   child welfare services.
NY Soc Serv L § 409-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 4-B - Services; Pregnant Adolescents 409-M - Reports.

§ 409-m. Reports. 1.  The commissioner shall prepare, for inclusion in   the  annual  report  required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of   this chapter to be filed with the governor and the legislature prior  to   December  fifteenth  of each year, a progress report on the planning and   implementation of the provisions of this title.2. The report shall  contain,  but  not  be  limited  to,  information   reported statewide and by districts, the number of individuals certified   as  eligible  for services under this title, and those for whom services   were rendered and expenditures made for  services  identified  by  type,   provider,  and  funding  source. Such report shall also include progress   made in implementing  the  provisions  of  this  title  with  particular   reference  to  efforts  made  to  insure  the  effectiveness of the case   management provisions.