New York Senate Bill S08892 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8892--A  IN SENATE March 25, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 501-i 2 to read as follows: 3 § 501-i. The center for fatherhood initiatives. There is hereby 4 established within the office of children and family services the center 5 for fatherhood initiatives. The center for fatherhood initiatives shall 6 issue grants to any and all initiatives regarding the promotion and 7 advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all marginalized 8 fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting 9 knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy. The center for fatherhood 10 initiatives shall also provide such services. The commissioner of the 11 office of children and family services shall promulgate any necessary 12 rules and regulations for the establishment, operation, and maintenance 13 of the center for fatherhood initiatives. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14990-04-4