Senate bill · S3660 (2025-26)

Relates to referrals for child support enforcement for foster care maintenance payments

Latest action May 29, 2025

Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ability of a county or local social services district to cause a referral to be sent for the purpose of commencing collection of child support for a child placed in foster care.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A1036, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Judiciary · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Judiciary · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill defines circumstances in which it may be appropriate to collect child support payments pursuant to approved foster care mainte- nance payment applications.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 29, 2025Result: passed
(41) (15) (0) (7)
Vote: Committee vote · Judiciary
Senate JudiciaryFeb 11, 2025Result: passed
(15) (4) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Shelley Mayer

Democratic1

Shelley Mayer

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

Poverty is a known risk factor for involvement with the child welfare system. Currently, a referral for child support collection can be made upon a large number of approved applications for foster care mainte- nance. Securing an assignment of the rights to child support is general- ly deemed not to be cost effective as analyses have shown that very low levels of collections are obtained. Additional research shows that collecting child support payments can significantly delay family reunification efforts. Recently, the Children's Bureau released revised policy for title IV-E agencies to allow the default position of not securing an assignment of rights to child support.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 29, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 29, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 29, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
NY Assembly
Feb 24, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 12, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate

Show full history (2 earlier events)

Feb 11, 2025
1ST Report CAL.349
1ST REPORT CAL.349
NY Senate
Jan 29, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
NY Senate

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