Title EXC, Executive

§ 502. Definitions. Unless otherwise specified in this article:\n 1. "Director" means the director of the division for youth.\n 2. "Division" means the division for youth.\n 3. "Detention" means the temporary care and maintenance of youth held\naway from their homes pursuant to …

§ 502-a. Day placement. 1. Definition. "Day placement" shall mean a\nprogram for youth placed with the division which is an alternative to or\nincludes a period of residential placement. Such program shall require\nthe youth to adhere to conditions of participation and to attend…

§ 503. Detention. 1. The division shall establish regulations for the\noperation of secure and non-secure detention facilities pursuant to this\narticle and section two hundred eighteen-a of the county law.\n 2. To assure that adequate, suitable and conveniently accessible\nacco…

§ 503-a. Temporary hold over units. 1. The division may establish\nsecure temporary hold over units at its facilities for the accommodation\nof youth placed with the division pursuant to article three of the\nfamily court act, who are being transported to a division facility or\…

§ 504. Division facilities. 1. The office of children and family\nservices shall operate and maintain secure, limited secure and\nnon-secure facilities for the care, custody, treatment, housing,\neducation, rehabilitation and guidance of youth placed with or committed\nto the of…

§ 504-a. Secure facilities. 1. As used in this article, "secure\nfacility" means a residential facility in which a juvenile delinquent\nmay be placed under this article, which is characterized by physically\nrestricting construction, hardware and procedures, and is designated as…

§ 504-b. Transport and warrant units. The division is authorized to\nestablish transport and warrant units and designate employees to be\nassigned to such units. Such units shall have the powers and\nresponsibilities specified in regulations promulgated by the division,\nincludi…

§ 505. Directors of facilities. 1. There shall be a facility director\nof each office of children and family services operated facility. Such\nfacility director shall be appointed by the commissioner of the office\nof children and family services and the position shall be in the…

§ 506. Claims for damage to employees' personal property. Claims for\ndamages to personal property of employees of the division for youth\ncaused by youths in program may be examined, audited and certified for\npayment by the state comptroller. Such claims must be approved by th…

§ 507-a. Placement and commitment; procedures. 1. Youth may be placed\nin or committed to the custody of the division:\n (a) for placement, as a juvenile delinquent pursuant to the family\ncourt act; or\n (b) for commitment pursuant to the penal law.\n 2. (a) Consistent with oth…

§ 507-b. Placement and commitment; papers to be furnished. 1. No\nplacement or commitment order to the division which recites the facts\nupon which it was based shall be deemed or held to be invalid by reason\nof any imperfection or defect in form.\n 2. The court shall immediate…

§ 507-c. Restrictive placements. 1. The division shall promulgate\nregulations governing restrictive placements of juveniles under section\n353.5 of the family court act, not inconsistent with such act.\n 2. The regulations shall establish within the division a restrictive\nplac…

§ 507-d. Confinement of juvenile delinquents under sentence of the\ncourts of the United States. The directors of secure and limited secure\nfacilities shall receive and safely keep in such facilities, subject to\nthe provisions of this article, any person not over the age of si…

§ 508. Juvenile offender and adolescent offender facilities. 1. The\noffice of children and family services shall maintain secure facilities\nfor the care and confinement of juvenile offenders and adolescent\noffenders committed for a sentence pursuant to the sentencing provisio…

§ 509. Transfers to state hospitals and schools in the department of\nmental hygiene. 1. (a) The director of the division for youth may apply\nfor the transfer of any child in the care of the division to the\ndepartment of mental hygiene for care and treatment in a state hospita…

§ 51. Jurisdiction. This article shall, subject to the limitations\ncontained herein, confer upon the office of the state inspector general,\njurisdiction over all covered agencies. For the purposes of this article\n"covered agency" shall include all executive branch agencies,\n…

§ 510-a. Conditional release. 1. The division may conditionally\nrelease any youth placed with the division to aftercare whenever it\ndeems such conditional release to be in the best interest of the youth,\nthat suitable care and supervision can be provided and that there is a\n…

§ 510-b. Return of conditionally released children or runaways. 1. If\na child under the jurisdiction of the division runs away from a division\nfacility or an authorized agency or violates any condition of release\ntherefrom, or if there is a change of circumstances, the divisi…

§ 510-c. Discharge from custody. 1. The division may discharge from\nits custody any child placed with the division whenever it deems such\ndischarge to be in the best interest of the child and there is\nreasonable probability that the child can be discharged without\nendangerin…

§ 512. Weekly allowances; work experience. 1. Every child being cared\nfor in a division facility may receive a weekly allowance approved by\nthe director of the budget, in accordance with regulations of the\ndivision, as compensation for work or services performed in a division…

§ 512-a. Earnings of youth. The division for youth may grant\ncompensation to youth for work performed in division facility programs,\nor pursuant to work programs in accordance with rules and regulations\nestablished by the division for youth and approved by the director of\nth…

§ 513. Career education. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to\nprovide for career education opportunities for youth in the division's\ncare as a part of general curricula and specialized programs to allow\nyouth to gain actual business experiences relating to the produc…

§ 515. Freedom of worship. It shall be the duty of the division to\nafford a child placed with it freedom of worship as provided for in the\nstate constitution.\n

§ 516. Care of infants by division for youth. The division for youth\nis authorized to provide residential care in division facilities subject\nto the regulations of the division, for infants born to or being nursed\nby female residents placed with the division. Residential care…

§ 517. Commissaries. The director of the division for youth may\nauthorize the director of any facility operated by the division to\nestablish a commissary in such facility for the use of residents and\nemployees. The moneys received by the director of the division from the\nsal…

§ 518. Restitution; services for public good. The division shall\ndevelop and operate programs for youths placed or referred to the\ndivision or in conjunction with an order provided in section 353.6 of\nthe family court act. The division shall promulgate regulations as\nrequire…

§ 519. Persons authorized to visit division facilities. 1. The\nfollowing persons shall be authorized to visit at pleasure all\nfacilities operated by the division: the governor, lieutenant governor,\ncommissioner of general services, secretary of state, comptroller,\nattorney g…

§ 52. Establishment and organization. 1. There is hereby established\nthe office of the state inspector general in the executive department.\nThe head of the office shall be the state inspector general who shall be\nappointed by the governor.\n 2. The state inspector general sha…

§ 522. Actions against persons rendering health care services at the\nrequest of the division; defense and indemnification. The provisions of\nsection seventeen of the public officers law shall apply to any person\nholding a license to practice a profession pursuant to article o…

§ 523. Purpose. The purpose of this subtitle is to protect and promote\nlegal rights for youth in programs and facilities operated by the office\nof children and family services, by codifying the office of the\nombudsman.\n

§ 523-a. Definitions. As used in this subtitle:\n 1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office of children and\nfamily services.\n 2. "Director" means the director of the office of the ombudsman.\n 3. "Office" means the office of children and family services.\n

§ 523-b. Office of the ombudsman. There is hereby established the\noffice of the ombudsman in the office of children and family services.\nThe commissioner shall appoint the director of the office of the\nombudsman. The director shall be an attorney licensed to practice law\nin …

§ 523-c. Duties of the office of the ombudsman. The office of the\nombudsman shall:\n 1. visit facilities and programs in accordance with priorities\nestablished by the director, hear grievances and complaints, investigate\nalleged violations of the legal rights of youth residin…

§ 523-d. Additional powers of the office of the ombudsman.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the office of the ombudsman\nshall have access to, including the right to inspect and copy, any\nrecords necessary to carry out its rights, powers and duties pursuant to\nthis…

§ 523-e. Access to the office of the ombudsman. 1. The office of the\nombudsman shall create and disseminate materials for all youth in\nfacilities operated by the office detailing the services that the office\nof the ombudsman can offer such youth and how such youth can contact…

§ 523-f. Notification to the office of the ombudsman of critical\nincidents. The office of the ombudsman shall receive copies of critical\nincident reports involving a youth residing in a facility operated by\nthe office.\n

§ 523-g. Review of policies concerning children. In addition to other\npowers and duties specified in this subtitle, the office of the\nombudsman may recommend changes in office policies and regulations\nconcerning children to improve services or to correct systemic problems\nco…

§ 523-h. Duties of the director. The director shall:\n 1. provide administrative supervision and oversight to the ombudsmen;\n 2. establish procedures to ensure that the office of the ombudsman\nservices are made available to every youth residing in facilities\noperated by the o…

§ 523-i. Conduct and scope of investigations. The office of the\nombudsman may investigate grievances and complaints pertaining to youth\nresiding in facilities operated by the office brought to the attention\nof the office of the ombudsman from any source, and may in pursuing i…

§ 523-j. Office of the ombudsman reports. The office of the ombudsman\nshall submit regular reports, at least monthly, which shall contain\ninformation regarding major grievances, complaints received and other\nmatters needing attention. The reports shall include a recitation of…

§ 523-k. Notification to the office of the ombudsman of youth's need\nfor legal counsel. 1. If informed that a youth residing in a facility\noperated by the office has been or is about to be arrested by a law\nenforcement official, the office of the ombudsman shall take steps to…

§ 523-l. Independent review board. The independent review board shall\nconsist of fifteen members who are not employed by the office and who\nare knowledgeable in the areas of juvenile justice and youth rights. The\nmembers of such board shall be appointed by the commissioner. E…

§ 523-m. Chair of the independent review board. The commissioner shall\nappoint one of the members of the independent review board to serve as\nits chair. The member so appointed shall serve as chair for a term of\nthree years. The chair of the board shall:\n 1. be responsible f…

§ 523-n. Confidentiality of reports. Office of the ombudsman reports\nand reports of the independent review board are confidential and shall\nbe safeguarded from coming to the knowledge of, and from inspection or\nexamination by any person other than the commissioner, other desi…

§ 527-a. Definitions. 1. For purposes of this title, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Youth center" means any area, building, structure or facility\nowned or operated by a not-for-profit corporation or by or for a\nmunicipality for use by the youth …

§ 527-b. Youth center facility program established. There is hereby\nestablished within the division a youth center facility program. Such\nprogram shall provide financing through the award of facility\nrehabilitation grants or new facility project grants and new facility\nopera…

§ 527-c. Facility rehabilitation grants. Within the limit of funds\nmade available by appropriation from the youth centers facility fund, as\nestablished by section ninety-seven-ff of the state finance law, the\ndivision is hereby authorized to award facility rehabilitation gran…

§ 527-d. New facility project grants. 1. Within the limit of funds\nmade available by appropriation from the youth centers facility fund as\nestablished by section ninety-seven-ff the state finance law, the\ndivision is hereby authorized to make awards to municipalities for the\…

§ 527-e. New facility operation agreements. 1. The division is hereby\nauthorized to enter into new facility operation agreements with\nnot-for-profit corporations. Such agreements shall provide for the\noperation of a program by a not-for-profit corporation at a youth center\nc…

§ 527-f. Application, review and approval. 1. Each eligible applicant\ndesiring to participate in the youth center facility program established\npursuant to this title shall submit an application to the appropriate\nofficial of the division for youth. Municipalities applying for…