Title SOS, Social Services

§ 481-f. William B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust fund. 1.\nThere is hereby established in the joint custody of the comptroller and\nthe commissioner of taxation and finance a separate and distinct\naccount, to be known as the William B. Hoyt Memorial children and fami…

§ 482-a. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that\npublic policy experts and state and local agencies have been searching\nfor a model of service delivery that will insure programmatically\neffective and cost-efficient delivery of services to inner-city famil…

§ 482-b. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Settlement house" means an independent, voluntary, not-for-profit\norganization demonstrating affiliation with the New York state\nassociation for settlement houses and neighborhood centers engaged in\ncommunity work and socia…

§ 482-c. Statewide settlement house program; awarding of grants. 1.\nThe commissioner is hereby authorized to issue grants for the purpose of\nenhancing and coordinating activities and programs, expanding programs\nto serve more individuals and families, and/or promoting inter-a…

§ 483. Council on children and families. 1. Purpose. There shall be a\ncouncil on children and families, hereinafter referred to in this\narticle as the "council". The council shall act as a neutral,\ncoordinating agency to promote the well-being of children and families\nby con…

§ 483-a. Utilization of other agency assistance. To effectuate the\npurposes of this article, any department, division, board, bureau,\ncommission or agency of the state or of any political subdivision\nthereof shall, at the request of the executive director, provide to the\ncou…

§ 483-aa. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this\narticle:\n (a) "Human trafficking victim" means a person who is a victim of sex\ntrafficking as defined in section 230.34 of the penal law or a victim of\nlabor trafficking as defined in section 135.35 of the …

§ 483-b. Powers and duties of council. 1. Definitions. As used in this\nsection, the terms "care", "services", "programs", and "services\nprograms" shall mean and include care, maintenance, services and\nprograms provided to children of the state and their families by or\nunder …

§ 483-bb. Services for victims of human trafficking. (a) The office of\ntemporary and disability assistance may coordinate with and assist law\nenforcement agencies and district attorney's offices to access\nappropriate services for human trafficking victims.\n (b) The office of…

§ 483-c. Coordinated children's services for children with emotional\nand/or behavioral disorders. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section\nshall be to establish a coordinated system of care for children with\nemotional and behavioral disorders, and their families, who require\n…

§ 483-cc. Confirmation as a victim of human trafficking. (a) As soon\nas practicable after a first encounter with a person who reasonably\nappears to a law enforcement agency, district attorney's office, or an\nestablished provider of social or legal services designated by the\n…

§ 483-d. Out-of-state placement committee. 1. Committee established.\nThere is hereby established within the council an out-of-state placement\ncommittee comprised of the commissioner of children and family services,\nthe commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the of…

§ 483-dd. Law enforcement assistance with respect to immigration. Upon\nthe request of a human trafficking victim or a representative of a human\ntrafficking victim, the state or local law enforcement agency or\ndistrict attorney's office shall provide the victim with the United…

§ 483-e. Restraint and crisis intervention technique committee. 1.\nCommittee established. There is hereby established within the council a\nrestraint and crisis intervention technique committee comprised of the\ncommissioner of children and family services, the commissioner of …

* § 483-ee. Establishment of interagency task force on human\ntrafficking. (a) There is established an interagency task force on\ntrafficking in persons, which shall consist of the following members or\ntheir designees: (1) the commissioner of the division of criminal\njustice s…

§ 483-f. The children's plan. 1. The council, in accordance with\nsection 7.43 of the mental hygiene law, shall assist the commissioner of\nmental health with the implementation of the children's plan, developed\npursuant to chapter six hundred sixty-seven of the laws of two tho…

§ 483-ff. National human trafficking resource center hotline poster.\n(a) The commissioner of temporary and disability assistance shall make\npublicly available on its website an electronic version of the National\nHuman Trafficking Resources Center (NHTRC) hotline poster, or cr…

§ 483-g. Early childhood advisory council. 1. There is hereby\nestablished within the council an early childhood advisory council to\npromote a comprehensive and high quality early childhood system. Members\nof the early childhood advisory council shall be appointed by the\ngove…

§ 483-h. Internet mapping resource of school age child care providers\nand afterschool and home visiting programs. 1. The council, in\naccordance with information made available to it by the office of\nchildren and family services pursuant to section seventeen of this\nchapter; …

§ 488. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Reportable incident" shall mean the following conduct that a\nmandated reporter is required to report to the vulnerable persons'\ncentral register:\n (a) "Physical abuse," …

§ 489. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply to\nfacilities and provider agencies provided, however, nothing in this\narticle shall be deemed to relieve any facility or provider agency or\ncustodian thereof covered by this article of its or their obligations …

§ 49. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Homeless" shall mean an undomiciled household which is unable to\nsecure permanent and habitable housing without special assistance, as\ndetermined by the commissione…

§ 490. Incident management programs. 1. Each state oversight agency,\nas defined in this article, shall promulgate regulations approved by the\njustice center, that contain procedures and requirements consistent with\nguidelines and standards developed by the justice center, add…

§ 491. Duty to report incidents. 1. (a) Mandated reporters shall\nreport allegations of reportable incidents to the vulnerable persons'\ncentral register as established by section four hundred ninety-two of\nthis article and in accordance with the requirements set forth therein.…

§ 492. Vulnerable persons' central register. 1. There shall be\nestablished in the justice center a statewide vulnerable persons'\ncentral register. The register shall: (a) receive reports of allegations\nof reportable incidents involving persons receiving services in\nfacilitie…

§ 493. Abuse and neglect findings; consequences. 1. Within sixty days\nof the vulnerable persons' central register accepting a report of an\nallegation of abuse or neglect, the justice center shall cause the\nfindings of the investigation to be entered into the vulnerable person…

§ 494. Amendments to and appeals of substantiated reports of abuse or\nneglect. 1. (a) At any time subsequent to the completion of an\ninvestigation of an allegation of abuse or neglect, but in no event\nlater than thirty days after the subject of the report is notified that\nth…

§ 495. Register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or\nneglect. 1. The justice center shall develop and maintain a register of\nsubjects of reports who have been found to have a substantiated category\none case of abuse or neglect, in accordance with paragraph (a) of\n…

§ 496. Confidentiality. 1. Unless an investigation of a report\nconducted pursuant to this article has been substantiated, all\ninformation, including information identifying the subject of the report\nand other persons named in the report, shall be sealed forthwith by the\nvuln…

§ 497. Immunity from liability. Any person participating reasonably\nand in good faith in making a report, taking photographs, conducting or\noverseeing an investigation, operating the vulnerable persons' central\nregister or disclosing information in compliance with this articl…

§ 5. Department of social welfare. The state department of social\nwelfare, provided for in the constitution, is hereby continued.\n

§ 50. Homeless intervention contracts. 1. The commissioner shall,\nwithin the amounts appropriated therefor, select through a competitive\nrequest-for-proposal process, local social services districts and\nnot-for-profit corporations serving homeless and at-risk households to\np…

§ 51. Regulations. The office of temporary and disability assistance\nshall, in consultation with other agencies deemed appropriate by the\ncommissioner, promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to\ncarry out the provisions of this article.\n

§ 52. Reports. On or before February first, nineteen hundred\neighty-nine and on or before February first of each year thereafter in\nwhich contracts under this article are in force, the commissioner shall\nsubmit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the\ns…

§ 550. Constitutionality. If any provisions of this chapter shall be\nheld to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity\nof the remaining provisions of this chapter.\n

§ 551. Construction. 1. The provisions of this chapter so far as they\nare substantially the same as those existing at the time they shall take\neffect, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws, modified or\namended, according to the language employed in this chapter, a…

§ 552. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n

§ 56. City social services districts. The city of New York shall\nhave all the powers and duties of a social services district insofar as\nconsistent with the provisions of the special and local laws relating to\nsuch city. The officers thereof charged with the administration of…

§ 57. Cities in county social services districts. Each city, other\nthan the city of New York, shall form part of the county social services\ndistrict of the county in which it is situated and shall not assume any\npowers and responsibilities for the administration or expense of…

§ 58. Application. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to take\naway the jurisdiction or any power or duty of the family court, the\ndepartment, the state department of education or the state department of\nhealth.\n

§ 61. Social services districts. For the purpose of administration\nof public assistance and care the state shall be divided into county and\ncity social services districts as follows:\n 1. The city of New York is hereby constituted a city social services\ndistrict.\n 2. Each of…

§ 62. Responsibility for public assistance and care. 1. Subject to\nreimbursement in the cases hereinafter provided for, each public welfare\ndistrict shall be responsible for the assistance and care of any person\nwho resides or is found in its territory and who is in need of p…

§ 64. Separation of social services from eligibility and assistance\npayments functions. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or\nregulation every social services district shall be organized to effect a\nseparation of social services from eligibility and assistance payment…

§ 65. County commissioners of public welfare. 1. There shall be a\ncounty commissioner of public welfare in each county public welfare\ndistrict who shall administer the public assistance and care for which\nthe county public welfare district is responsible and shall have genera…

§ 66. County appointments and bonds. 1. The legislative body of the\ncounty may authorize the appointment of any number of deputy\ncommissioners of social services, physicians to care for sick persons in\ntheir homes, other assistants and employees, including attorneys to\nperfo…

§ 67. Town public welfare officers; appointment of staff. 1. The\ntown board of each town responsible for the expense of providing safety\nnet assistance for persons residing or found in such town shall appoint\na social services official or authorize a supervisor of the town to…

§ 69. Responsibility for public assistance and care in a county social\nservices district. The responsibility for the administration of public\nassistance and care in a county social services district and the expense\nthereof may either be borne by the county social services dis…

§ 71. Commitments. Commitments to a county home may be made by such\ntown and city public welfare officers as are authorized by the county\ncommissioner. All other commitments to hospitals or other institutions\nat the expense of the county public welfare district shall be made …

§ 72. Power of the board of supervisors to assume responsibility for\nassistance and care. 1. The board of supervisors of the county may, by\nresolution adopted by a majority vote, direct that the cost of all or\nany part of the assistance and care for which the towns and cities…

§ 73. Power of the board of supervisors to change the administrative\nsystem of the county social services district. When pursuant to section\nseventy-two, the board of supervisors has adopted a resolution directing\nthat the cost of all public assistance and care shall be a cha…