New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - Children

383-A - Immunity From Liability for Application of the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard. - (a) "Caregiver" shall mean the following person or entity at...

383-B - Medical Treatment for Abused, Neglected and Destitute Children; Consent of Commissioners. - § 383-b. Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute children;...

383-C - Guardianship and Custody of Children in Foster Care. - (a) if both parents shall then be living, by the...

384 - Guardianship and Custody of Children Not in Foster Care. - (a) if both parents shall then be living, by the...

384-A - Transfer of Care and Custody of Children. - (b) No provisions set forth in any such instrument regarding...

384-B - Guardianship and Custody of Destitute or Dependent Children; Commitment by Court Order; Modification of Commitment and Restoration of Parental Rights. - (a) The legislature recognizes that the health and safety of...

384-C - Notice in Certain Proceedings to Fathers of Children Born Out-of-Wedlock. - (a) any person adjudicated by a court in this state...

385 - Orders; Prohibiting Placing Out or Boarding Out; Removal. - (a) placed out or boarded out in a home which...

386 - Visitation; Inspection and Supervision. - § 386. Visitation; inspection and supervision. 1. The board or...

387 - Ineligibility for Public Foster Care Funds; Fiscal Penalties. - (a) lack of public need, including but not limited to...

388 - Special Charters. - § 388. Special charters. The power and authority given to...

389 - Penalty for Violations. - (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision,...

390 - Child Day Care; License or Registration Required. - (ii) Child day care shall not refer to care provided...

390-A - Standards and Training for Child Day Care. - (a) review and evaluate the backgrounds of and information supplied...

390-B - Criminal History Review and Background Clearances of Child Care Providers, Generally. - (a) a criminal history record check with the division of...

390-C - Notice of Pesticide Applications. - (a) "Pesticide" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision...

390-C*2 - Additional Powers and Duties of the Office of Children and Family Services. - * § 390-c. Additional powers and duties of the office...

390-D - Requiring Barriers to Be Placed Around Swimming Pools and Bodies of Water on the Grounds of Family Day Care Homes or Group Family Day Care Homes. - (a) "Grounds of a family day care home or group...

390-E - Criminal History Review; Mentoring Programs. - (a) "Prospective employee" shall mean a person being considered for...

390-F - Report on Child Care Insurance. - § 390-f. Report on child care insurance. The commissioner of...

390-G - Pesticide Alternatives. - (a) "Day care" shall apply to all child day care...

390-H - Notice Requirement Before Closing Certain Day Care Centers. - (a) "Child day care center" shall mean a child day...

390-I - Notice of Inspection Report. - § 390-i. Notice of inspection report. In every child day...

390-J - Performance Summary Card in a City Having a Population of One Million or More. - (a) "Child care service" shall mean any person who provides...

390-K - Child Care Availability Taskforce. - (a) four individuals shall be appointed upon the recommendation of...

390-L - Securing of Furniture. - § 390-l. Securing of furniture. 1. This section shall apply...

390-M - Window Coverings. - (a) "Beaded chain" means a cord with a series of...

391 - Violation; Injunction. - § 391. Violation; injunction. Violations of any provision of this...

392 - Services for Relative and Non-Relative Kinship Caregivers. - § 392. Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers. 1....

393 - Court Review of Placement in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program. - (i) Consider the assessment, determination, and documentation made by the...

393*2 - Consideration of Blindness During Guardianship, Custody or Adoption Proceedings. - * § 393. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or...

Title 1-A - Child Care Creation and Expansion Tax Credit Program

394 - Short Title. - § 394. Short title. This title shall be known and...

394-A - Definitions. - § 394-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this title: 1....

394-B - Eligibility Criteria. - (a) be a business entity that is required to file...

394-C - Application and Approval Process. - (a) provide evidence in a form and manner prescribed by...

394-D - Child Care Creation and Expansion Tax Credit. - § 394-d. Child care creation and expansion tax credit. 1....

394-E - Allocation of Credit. - § 394-e. Allocation of credit. The aggregate amount of tax...

394-F - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner. - § 394-f. Powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The...

394-G - Maintenance of Records. - § 394-g. Maintenance of records. Each business entity participating in...

Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials

395 - Responsibility of Public Welfare Districts for the Welfare of Children. - § 395. Responsibility of public welfare districts for the welfare...

396 - Health and Welfare Services to All Children. - § 396. Health and welfare services to all children. All...

397 - Powers and Duties of Social Services Officials in Relation to Children. - (a) Investigate the family circumstances of each child reported as...

398 - Additional Powers and Duties of Commissioners of Public Welfare and Certain City Public Welfare Officers in Relation to Children. - (a) offer preventive services in accordance with section four hundred...

398-A - Standards of Payment for Foster Care. - (a) under the age of eighteen years, (b) under the...

398-B - Transition to Managed Care. - § 398-b. Transition to managed care. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent...

398-C - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner in Relation to Children. - § 398-c. Powers and duties of the commissioner in relation...

398-D - Child Welfare Services Community Demonstration Projects. - (a) the number of children and families who received preventive...

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...

399 - Children Discharged From State Institutions. - § 399. Children discharged from state institutions. The commissioner of...

400 - Removal of Children. - § 400. Removal of children. 1. When any child shall...

401 - Births to Inmates of Public Homes. - § 401. Births to inmates of public homes. No commissioner...

402 - Children Forbidden in Public Homes. - § 402. Children forbidden in public homes. No public welfare...

403 - The Religious Faith of Children and Minors. - § 403. The religious faith of children and minors. The...

404 - Juvenile Justice Services Close to Home Initiative. - (a) how the district will provide a continuum of evidence...

Title 3 - Child Welfare Services

406 - Department of Social Welfare Designated as State Agency. - § 406. Department of social welfare designated as state agency....

407 - Powers of Department of Social Welfare. - § 407. Powers of department of social welfare. The department...

408 - Custodian of Funds. - § 408. Custodian of funds. The department of taxation and...

Title 4 - Preventive Services for Children and Their Families

409 - Preventive Services; Definition. - § 409. Preventive services; definition. As used in this title,...

409-A - Preventive Services; Provision by Social Services Officials. - (b) When a child and his family have received preventive...

Title 4-A - Child Welfare Services Planning and Administration

409-D - District-Wide Child Welfare Services Plan. - (b) Such plan shall not be approved unless: (i) it...

409-E - Family Service Plan. - (a) a statement of the specific immediate problems which appear...

409-F - Uniform Case Recording. - (b) Any failure to maintain the confidentiality of client-identifiable information...

409-G - Training of Child Welfare Personnel. - § 409-g. Training of child welfare personnel. Within the amounts...

409-H - Assessment of Appropriateness of Placement in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program. - (b) The family and permanency team shall consist of all...

Title 4-B - Services; Pregnant Adolescents

409-I - Short Title; Legislative Findings; Purpose. - § 409-i. Short title; legislative findings; purpose. 1. This title...

409-J - Case Management. - § 409-j. Case management. 1. As used in this title,...

409-K - Case Plan and Service Record. - (a) identification of short term and long range goals which...

409-L - Advisory Board. - § 409-l. Advisory board. An advisory board shall be established...

409-M - Reports. - § 409-m. Reports. 1. The commissioner shall prepare, for inclusion...

409-N - Implementation. - § 409-n. Implementation. 1. The department shall plan for the...

Title 5 - Day Care for Certain Children

410 - Day Care; When Public Welfare Official to Furnish. - (b) Care under this title may be provided only in...

410-A - Day Care; When Department to Furnish. - § 410-a. Day care; when department to furnish. Any inconsistent...

410-B - Federal Grants. - § 410-b. Federal grants. 1. The department of taxation and...

410-BB - Grants to Not-for-Profit Facilities Providing Day Care for Children for Employee Salary and Benefit Enhancements. - (a) a city social services district with a population in...

410-C - State Reimbursement. - (b) For the purpose of this title, expenditures for administration...

410-CC - Start Up Grants for Child Day Care. - § 410-cc. Start up grants for child day care. The...

410-CCC - Child Day Care Facility Development. - (c) In determining grants to be awarded, the department shall...

Title 5-A - Youth Facilities Improvement Act

410-D - Short Title: Policy and Purposes of Title. - § 410-d. Short title: policy and purposes of title. This...

410-E - Definitions. - § 410-e. Definitions. As used in this title the following...

410-F - Regulation of Eligible Borrowers. - (a) that the real property or other assets mortgaged or...

410-G - Mortgage Loans. - § 410-g. Mortgage loans. 1. Any eligible borrower may, subject...

410-H - Conditions and Security for Loans. - § 410-h. Conditions and security for loans. No loan shall...

410-I - Rates and Admission of Children. - § 410-i. Rates and admission of children. 1. An eligible...

410-J - Transfer of Real Property. - § 410-j. Transfer of real property. Notwithstanding any requirement of...

410-K - Supervision. - (b) Subject to the provisions of the agreement with said...

410-L - Foreclosures and Judgments. - § 410-l. Foreclosures and judgments. 1. In any foreclosure action...

410-M - Fees and Charges. - § 410-m. Fees and charges. The commissioner may, by regulation,...

410-O - Separability. - § 410-o. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part...

Title 5-B - Child Care Resource and Referral Program

410-P - Definitions. - § 410-p. Definitions. As used in this title, the term:...

410-Q - Child Care Resource and Referral Program Services. - (a) Information and referral services directed at educating parents who...

410-R - Child Care Resource and Referral Programs. - (b) In connection with the review of an application for...

410-S - State Reimbursement. - (a) the proper disbursement and accounting for funds received; and...

410-T - Responsibilities of the Commissioner. - (a) the names of the agencies serving the counties and...

Title 5-C - Block Grant for Child Care

410-U - Establishment of Block Grant for Child Care. - § 410-u. Establishment of block grant for child care. 1....

410-V - Allocation of Block Grant Funds. - § 410-v. Allocation of block grant funds. 1. The part...

410-W - Eligible Families. - (a) families receiving public assistance when such child care assistance...

410-X - Use of Funds. - (d) Each social services district shall collect and submit to...

410-Y - Maintenance of Effort. - § 410-y. Maintenance of effort. Each social services district shall...

410-Z - Reporting Requirements. - § 410-z. Reporting requirements. Each social services district shall collect...

Title 6 - Child Protective Services

411 - Findings and Purpose. - § 411. Findings and purpose. Abused and maltreated children in...

412 - General Definitions. - (a) defined as a neglected child by the family court...

413 - Persons and Officials Required to Report Cases of Suspected Child Abuse or Maltreatment. - (b) Whenever such person is required to report under this...

414 - Any Person Permitted to Report. - § 414. Any person permitted to report. In addition to...

415 - Reporting Procedure. - § 415. Reporting procedure. Reports of suspected child abuse or...

416 - Obligations of Persons Required to Report. - § 416. Obligations of persons required to report. Any person...

417 - Taking a Child Into Protective Custody. - (b) Any physician shall notify the appropriate police authorities or...

418 - Mandatory Reporting to and Post-Mortem Investigation of Deaths by Medical Examiner or Coroner. - § 418. Mandatory reporting to and post-mortem investigation of deaths...

419 - Immunity From Liability. - § 419. Immunity from liability. Any person, official, or institution...

420 - Penalties for Failure to Report. - § 420. Penalties for failure to report. 1. Any person,...

421 - Responsibility of the Office. - (b) issue guidelines to assist local social services departments in...

422 - Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. - (b) Any telephone call made by a person required to...

422-A - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations; Disclosure. - (a) the subject of the report has been charged in...

422-B - Local and Regional Fatality Review Teams. - § 422-b. Local and regional fatality review teams. 1. A...

422-C - Establishment of the Child Abuse Medical Provider Program (Champ). - (a) distant learning; (b) a web based curriculum; (c) video...

423 - Child Protective Service Responsibilities and Organization; Purchase of Service and Reimbursement of Cost; Local Plan. - (b) Every local department of social services shall provide to...

423-A - Child Advocacy Centers Established. - (a) a comfortable, private setting that is both physically and...

424 - Duties of the Child Protective Service Concerning Reports of Abuse or Maltreatment. - (b) ascertain whether the child named in the report or...

424-A - Access to Information Contained in the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. - (ii) A licensing agency shall inquire of the office whether...

424-B - Children in the Care of Certain Public and Private Agencies. - § 424-b. Children in the care of certain public and...

425 - Cooperation of Other Agencies. - § 425. Cooperation of other agencies. 1. To effectuate the...

426 - Annual Reports. - § 426. Annual reports. The commissioner shall prepare for inclusion...

427 - Regulations of the Commissioner. - § 427. Regulations of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner shall...

427-A - Differential Response Programs for Child Protection Assessments or Investigations. - (a) in conjunction with any additional requirements imposed by the...

428 - Separability. - § 428. Separability. If any provision of this title or...

Title 6-A - Home Visiting

429 - Home Visiting. - (a) providing screening of families in the targeted geographical area...

Title 7 - Day Services for Children and Families

430 - Day Services; When Social Services Official May Furnish. - (a) to avert a risk of serious impairment or disruption...

431 - Licensure. - § 431. Licensure. 1. No place, person, association, corporation, institution...

432 - State Reimbursement; Standards of Payment. - (a) Expenditures made by social services officials for day services...

433 - Other State Funding Sources. - § 433. Other state funding sources. 1. Prior to purchasing...

434 - Funding Limitations. - § 434. Funding limitations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this...

Title 8 - State Child Care Review Service

440 - Findings; Purpose. - (a) identification and assessment of the needs and problems of...

441 - Definitions. - § 441. Definitions. As used in this title, the following...

442 - Child Care Review Service; Establishment, Operations and Procedure. - (a) prepare and make available on a regular basis to...

443 - Advisory Committee. - (a) designees of the commissioner; (b) designees of the administrative...

444 - Confidentiality of Records; Related Matters. - (a) protecting the confidentiality of individual identifying information submitted to...

445 - Funding. - § 445. Funding. The department shall explore the possibility of,...

446 - Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System. - (2) The statewide automated child welfare information system shall be...

Title 8-A - Safe Harbour for Exploited Children Act

447-A - Definitions. - (a) is the victim of the crime of sex trafficking...

447-B - Services for Exploited Children. - § 447-b. Services for exploited children. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent...

Title 9 - Subsidies for the Adoption of Children

450 - Statement of Legislative Intent. - § 450. Statement of legislative intent. The legislature intends, by...

451 - Definitions. - (b) When a child is placed for adoption by a...

453 - Maintenance Subsidy; Handicapped or Hard to Place Child. - (a-1) Payments pursuant to this section may be made by...

453-A - Payments for Non-Recurring Adoption Expenses. - (a) the state has determined cannot or shall not be...

454 - Medical Subsidy. - § 454. Medical subsidy. 1. A social services official shall...

455 - Fair Hearings. - § 455. Fair hearings. 1. Any person aggrieved by the...

456 - State Reimbursement and Payments. - (b) When certified by the department, state reimbursement shall be...

457 - Out-of-State Adoptive Parents. - § 457. Out-of-state adoptive parents. With respect to a child...

458 - Availability of Subsidy; Publicity. - § 458. Availability of subsidy; publicity. The department shall promulgate...

Title 10 - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program

458-A - Definitions. - (a) is related to the child through blood, marriage, or...

458-B - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments. - (a) The child has been in foster care for at...

458-C - Payments for Non-Recurring Guardianship Expenses. - § 458-c. Payments for non-recurring guardianship expenses. 1. A social...

458-D - Medical Subsidy. - § 458-d. Medical subsidy. 1. Any child with respect to...

458-E - Independent Living Services. - § 458-e. Independent living services. In accordance with regulations of...

458-F - Fair Hearings. - § 458-f. Fair hearings. 1. Any person aggrieved by the...

Title 11 - Education Reform Program

458-L - Education Reform Program. - (a) "eligible person" means an individual who (i) is, or...

Title 12 - Family Support Services Programs

458-M - Family Support Services Programs. - (a) rapid family assessments and screenings; (b) crisis intervention; (c)...

458-N - Funding for Family Support Services Programs. - (a) the total amount of available funding and the amount...

Title 12-A - Differential Response Programs for Children Under Twelve

458-O - Differential Response Programs for Children Under Twelve. - (a) the types of assessment to determine whether services are...

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New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children

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Article 6 - Children