7/9/08 N.Y. St. Reg. CFS-15-07-00010-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Amendment of Part 171 of Title 9 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Executive Law, art. 19-G, sections 500, 501 and 504; and L. 1997, ch. 436
Subject:
Operation of the Office of Children and Family Services youth residential facilities concerning mail, telephone and visitors.
Purpose:
To amend the rules relating to the procedures for permitting resident mail, telephone calls and visitors to OCFS residents.
Text or summary was published
in the notice of proposed rule making, I.D. No. CFS-15-07-00010-P, Issue of April 11, 2007.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Revised rule making(s) were previously published in the State Register on
April 9, 2008.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Public Information Office, Office of Children and Family Services, 52 Washington St., Rensselaer, NY 12144, (518) 473-7793
Assessment of Public Comment
The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) received one comment on the proposed revised regulations. The comment was from a member of the OCFS Advisory Board, who indicated support for the regulations. The commenter asked about how the regulations will apply to electronic communications in the future. OCFS will look at that issue at the point in time when the agency has the resources to make electronic communications available to the residents of OCFS-operated facilities.
