---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers"
description: "Provides that when a local social services district is in contact with a relative or non-relative kinship caregiver or a suitable person who the district has approached about being a kinship caregiver, such district shall provide written information to such caregivers or prospective suitable persons; further provides that such information shall include, but not be limited to, information relating to child only grants; information about how to become a kinship foster parent and other options for care; and information on how to contact the department of family assistance kinship programs and any resources funded through or operating in the local social services district for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers, including those that provide supportive services for all relative and non-relative kinship caregivers in the district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2714"
citation: "New York S 2714 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVINO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5197ff71-b55b-4ddf-9a8a-0b713a0ebf3d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2714"
source_hash: "8027848ae85bd4339b19c6d13ed990b20f474bdfa52a43e5c448ab6a15de7915"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 2714 (2019-2020) — Relates to services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers

Provides that when a local social services district is in contact with a relative or non-relative kinship caregiver or a suitable person who the district has approached about being a kinship caregiver, such district shall provide written information to such caregivers or prospective suitable persons; further provides that such information shall include, but not be limited to, information relating to child only grants; information about how to become a kinship foster parent and other options for care; and information on how to contact the department of family assistance kinship programs and any resources funded through or operating in the local social services district for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers, including those that provide supportive services for all relative and non-relative kinship caregivers in the district.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S2714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2714&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Children And Families Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAVINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.135
- **2019-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-02-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-02-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-02-28** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A569
- **2019-03-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.98
- **2019-03-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.399 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5197ff71-b55b-4ddf-9a8a-0b713a0ebf3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).