Int 1719-2019
Reporting on youth in foster care.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2019-09-25Local Law 2021/133
Enacted as Local Law 2021/133.
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Agenda: 2019-09-25Passed: 2021-11-21Enacted: 2021-11-21
Summary
This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to submit to the Council no later than July 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, information on how long it takes for the families of children in ACS custody to visit their child after a placement or transfer, as well as the number of children that are given placements in boroughs other than those which they are from, disaggregated by borough.
Committee on General Welfare — Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.
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Sponsors (16)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-09-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-09-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-10-31 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-10-31 · Committee on General Welfare
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-10-21 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2021-10-21 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmended by Committee
2021-10-21 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2021-10-21 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Council
2021-10-21 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2021-10-21 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2021-11-21 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2021-11-22 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (6)
Stephen T. LevinDarma V. DiazVanessa L. GibsonBarry S. GrodenchikAntonio ReynosoRafael Salamanca, Jr.
Absent (1)
Brad S. Lander
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2021-10-21 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2021-10-21 · 12:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2019-10-31 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2019-09-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (20)
- Summary of Int. No. 1719-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1719
- Int. No. 1719
- September 25, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-25-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 25, 2019
- Committee Report 10/31/19
- Hearing Testimony 10/31/19
- Hearing Transcript 10/31/19
- Proposed Int. No 1719-A - 10/14/21
- Committee Report 10/21/21
- Hearing Transcript 10/21/21
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- October 21, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-21-21
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 21, 2021
- Int. No. 1719-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 133
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 21-902 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law 20 of 2006, is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. Contact with foster care youth. Beginning with the report due July 31, 2022, the report shall include the following information regarding contact between a foster care youth, as defined by section 21-902.1, and such youth's parent or caretaker:
a. The percent of foster care youth who had their first in-person visit within 2 days; 7 days; and 14 days from when the foster care youth were initially placed in ACS custody; and
b. The percentage of foster care youth entering foster care in the quarter who received an ACS placement in a borough other than that which they are from, disaggregated by borough.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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