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Senate bill · S9771 (2025-26)

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

Latest action May 19, 2026

New York State Senate

Same as A1036, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Sponsor

Luis R. Sepúlveda

State Senator, District 32 · Democratic

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Summary

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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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.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Judiciary · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Judiciary · New York State Senate.

Cosponsors

Andrew Hevesi, Jaime R. Williams and 5 more on Agora

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  • Democratic5
  • Republican2

This bill has cosponsors from more than one party.

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The sponsor's argument

Why Luis R. Sepúlveda 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 generally 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.

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Committee vote · Judiciary

    Senate JudiciaryMay 19, 2026Result: passed

    (17) (2) (0) (0)

Full history

  1. May 19, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  2. Apr 6, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    NY Senate

  3. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    NY Assembly

  4. Jan 8, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    NY Assembly