Title SOS, Social Services

§ 370-a. Federal grants. 1. The department of taxation and finance\nis authorized to accept and receive from the federal government any\nmoneys which the federal government shall offer to the state for or with\nrespect to the construction, maintenance or operation of centers for…

* § 370-aa. State heating fuel crisis assistance. 1. The commissioner\nshall establish a state program to provide heating fuel related crisis\nassistance to households whose total income from all sources is between\none hundred twenty-five percent and two hundred percent of the …

§ 370-b. State reimbursement. 1. (a) Expenditures made by counties,\ncities, and towns for services for senior citizens and their\nadministration, and senior citizens center projects, pursuant to this\ntitle, shall, if approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement\nby …

§ 370-c. Supports and services for youth suffering from adverse\nchildhood experiences. 1. Youth suffering from or at risk of adverse\nchildhood experiences, as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of\nsection twenty-d of this chapter, may be eligible for a range of\nappr…

§ 371. Definitions\n Unless the context or the subject matter manifestly requires a\ndifferent interpretation, when used in this article or in any special\nact relating to children,\n 1. "Child" means a person actually or apparently under the age of\neighteen years;\n 2. "Abando…

§ 371-a. Procedure. In any proceeding commenced pursuant to this\nchapter in which the family court has exercised jurisdiction, the\nprovisions of articles one, two and eleven of the family court act shall\napply to the extent that they do not conflict with the specific\nprovisi…

§ 371-b. Citizen review panels. 1. There shall be established at least\nthree citizen review panels. At least one panel shall be established for\nthe city of New York and at least two panels shall be established for\nsocial services districts or combinations of districts outside…

§ 372. Records and reports. 1. Every court, and every public board,\ncommission, institution, or officer having powers or charged with duties\nin relation to abandoned, delinquent, destitute, neglected or dependent\nchildren who shall receive, accept or commit any child shall pr…

§ 372-b. Adoption services. 1. a. A prospective adoptive parent shall\nhave a right to a fair hearing pursuant to section twenty-two of this\nchapter concerning the failure of a social services official to provide\nadoption services authorized to be provided pursuant to this sec…

§ 372-c. Putative father registry. 1. The department shall establish a\nputative father registry which shall record the names and addresses of:\n(a) any person adjudicated by a court of this state to be the parent of\na child born out of wedlock; (b) any person who has filed wit…

§ 372-d. Adoption services; purchase by department. 1. The\ndepartment may provide, through purchase of services from authorized\nagencies, adoption services for any child who has been referred to the\nstatewide adoption service pursuant to section three hundred\nseventy-two-c a…

§ 372-e. Adoption applications; appeals. 1. An authorized agency shall\nkeep a record of applications received from persons seeking to become\nadoptive parents, including all actions taken on such applications.\n 2. The department shall promulgate regulations setting forth\nstan…

§ 372-f. Statewide adoption service. 1. There shall be established by\nthe department either directly or through purchase a statewide adoption\nservice which shall serve all authorized agencies in the state as a\nmeans of recruiting adoptive families for children who have been l…

§ 372-g. Abandoned infant protection program. The office of children\nand family services shall develop and implement a public information\nprogram to inform the general public of the provisions of the abandoned\ninfant protection act. The program may include but not be limited …

§ 372-h. Reporting on post adoption services. 1. The office of\nchildren and family services shall place information on its website in\nEnglish, French, Polish, and the ten most common non-English languages\nspoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in the state of\…

§ 373. Religious faith. 1. Whenever a child is committed to any\nagency, association, corporation, institution or society, other than an\ninstitution supported and controlled by the state or a subdivision\nthereof, such commitment shall be made, when practicable, to an\nauthoriz…

§ 373-a. Medical histories. Notwithstanding any other provision of law\nto the contrary, to the extent they are available, the medical histories\nof a child legally freed for adoption or of a child to be placed in\nfoster care and of his or her birth parents, with information\ni…

§ 374. Authority to place out or board out children. 1. An authorized\nagency is hereby empowered and permitted to place out and board out\nchildren.\n 1-a. In any agreement between an authorized agency and foster parents\nwith whom a child or children are to be placed or boarde…

§ 374-a. Interstate compact on the placement of children. 1. The\ninterstate compact on the placement of children is hereby enacted into\nlaw and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining\ntherein in form substantially as follows:\n INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLAC…

§ 374-b. Authority to operate agency boarding home. 1. An authorized\nagency which is not a court, public board, commission, or official, is\nhereby empowered and permitted to operate agency boarding homes in\ncompliance with regulations of the department; and a social services\…

§ 374-c. Authority to operate group homes. 1. An authorized agency\nwhich is not a court, public board, commission or official is hereby\nempowered and permitted to operate group homes in compliance with\nregulations of the department. A social services official who is\nauthoriz…

§ 374-d. Authority to operate public institutions for children. A\nsocial services official who is authorized to place children in family\nhomes and institutions, pursuant to section three hundred ninety-eight,\nmay be authorized by the department to operate public institutions …

§ 374-e. Authority to place out or board out children with therapeutic\nfoster parents. A social services official or agency who is authorized\nto place out or board out children pursuant to section three hundred\nninety-eight or three hundred seventy-four of this article, is\na…

§ 374-f. Authority to enter into leases for dwelling units. Any\ninconsistent provisions of this chapter or any other law\nnotwithstanding, a public welfare official authorized to operate agency\nboarding homes or group homes is hereby empowered to rent or lease\ndwelling units …

§ 375. Requirement of certificate or license to board children.\nExcept for relatives within the second degree or third degree of the\nparents of a child or children, relatives within the second degree or\nthird degree of the step-parent of a child or children, legally\nappointe…

§ 376. Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of\neighteen years. 1. An authorized agency which shall board out any child\nand/or minor under the age of eighteen years shall issue to the person\nreceiving such child and/or minor for board a certificate to receive,…

§ 377. License to board children. 1. Application for a license to\nreceive, board or keep any child shall be made in writing to the\ncommissioner of social services in and for the social services district\nwherein the premises to be licensed are located, in the form and manner\n…

§ 378. Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses. 1.\nCertificates or licenses to receive, board or keep any child and/or\nminor shall be in the form prescribed and provided by the department to\nthe effect that such person is regarded by the issuing authorized …

§ 378-a. Access to conviction records by authorized agencies. 1.\nEvery authorized agency which operates a residential program for\nchildren licensed or certified by the office of children and family\nservices, and the office of children and family services in relation to\nany j…

§ 379. Revocation of certificates and licenses. 1. A certificate or\nlicense to receive, board or keep any child and/or minor under the age\nof eighteen years may be revoked for cause by the authorized agency or\nthe commissioner of social services by which it was issued and any…

§ 38. Commission for the blind. The New York state commission for the\nblind shall continue to exercise and perform its duties, as prescribed\nby law, and the regulations of the office of children and family\nservices subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner; a…

§ 380. Boarding and free homes; records. Every person who receives,\nboards or keeps a child and/or minor under a license or certificate\nshall keep a record in a register to be provided by the department\nshowing the name, date of birth and religious faith of each child and/or\…

§ 381. Maternity homes; records and reports. Every hospital or\nlying-in asylum whether incorporated or unincorporated where women or\ngirls may be received, cared for or treated during pregnancy or during\nor after delivery and every person licensed to carry on like work under\…

§ 382. Responsibility for children without state residence; license\nand board. 1. Any person, institution, corporation or agency which\nshall bring, or cause to be brought, into the state of New York any\nchild not having a state residence, or which shall receive or accept any\…

§ 383. Care and custody of children. 1. The parent of a child remanded\nor committed to an authorized agency shall not be entitled to the\ncustody thereof, except upon consent of the court, public board,\ncommission, or official responsible for the commitment of such child, or\n…

§ 383-a. Immunity from liability for application of the reasonable and\nprudent parent standard. 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the\nlegislature to promote a safe and nurturing environment for children in\nfoster care that, among other things, allows them to engage i…

§ 383-b. Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute\nchildren; consent of commissioners. The local commissioner of social\nservices or the local commissioner of health may give effective consent\nfor medical, dental, health and hospital services for any child who has\…

§ 383-c. Guardianship and custody of children in foster care. 1.\nMethod. For the purposes of this section, a child in foster care shall\nmean a child in the care and custody of an authorized agency pursuant to\nsection three hundred eighty-four-a of this title or article three,…

§ 384. Guardianship and custody of children not in foster care. 1.\nMethod. The guardianship of the person and the custody of a child who is\nnot in foster care under the age of eighteen years may be committed to\nan authorized agency by a written instrument which shall be known…

§ 384-a. Transfer of care and custody of children. 1. Method. The care\nand custody of a child may be transferred by a parent or guardian, and\nthe care of a child may be transferred by any person to whom a parent\nhas entrusted the care of the child, to an authorized agency by …

§ 384-b. Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children;\ncommitment by court order; modification of commitment and restoration of\nparental rights.\n 1. Statement of legislative findings and intent.\n (a) The legislature recognizes that the health and safety of chi…

§ 384-c. Notice in certain proceedings to fathers of children born\nout-of-wedlock. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this\nor any other law, and in addition to the notice requirements of any law\npertaining to persons other than those specified in subdivision two…

§ 385. Orders; prohibiting placing out or boarding out; removal. 1.\nProhibiting placing out or boarding out. Whenever the commissioner\nshall decide that any disposition of a child under this title has been\nmade for purposes of gain, or without due inquiry as to the character\…

§ 386. Visitation; inspection and supervision. 1. The board or the\ndepartment is authorized to visit, in its discretion, any minor under\nthe age of twenty-one years committed, placed out or boarded out and not\nlegally adopted or in the custody of a legal guardian.\n 2. The bo…

§ 387. * Ineligibility for public foster care funds; fiscal penalties.\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2027\n * Public foster care funds; ineligibility.\n * NB Effective June 30, 2027\n * 1. The office of children and family services shall, by regulation,\npromulgate standards t…

§ 388. Special charters. The power and authority given to agencies,\nassociations, corporations, institutions and societies in their charters\nshall not be abrogated or nullified, except as the same are in conflict\nwith this title.\n

§ 389. Penalty for violations. 1. Except as hereinafter provided, any\nperson, corporation, agency, society, institution or other organization,\nwilfully violating this title, other than section three hundred ninety-g\nof this title, or failing to comply with any order which the…

§ 39. Indian affairs. 1. Powers and duties, if any, conferred or\nimposed, in terms, by laws now in force, on the governor, commissioners\nof the land office and the superintendent of purchase or fiscal\nsupervisor of state charities, so far only as they relate to affairs of\nIn…

§ 390. Child day care; license or registration required. 1.\nDefinitions. (a) (i) "Child day care" shall mean child care where a\nlicense or registration pursuant to this section is required and shall\ninclude care for a child on a regular basis provided away from the\nchild's r…

§ 390-a. Standards and training for child day care. 1. All office of\nchildren and family services and municipal staff employed to accept\nregistrations, issue licenses or conduct inspections of child day care\nhomes, programs or facilities, subject to the amounts appropriated\n…