---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the reentry of former foster care children into foster care"
description: "Provides for additional services or supports for youths who were previously in the foster care system; deals with the reentry of former foster care children back into the foster care system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7179"
citation: "New York S 7179 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-04"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c462e13-77be-405c-847e-d2f0f688e530"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7179"
source_hash: "ea9e842bbbda8b132f0737ed97e314ebf93a33d536560c4353e57960fcbdb644"
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 7179 (2021-2022) — Relates to the reentry of former foster care children into foster care

Provides for additional services or supports for youths who were previously in the foster care system; deals with the reentry of former foster care children back into the foster care system.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7179&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1680
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7681A
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.683
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.798 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c462e13-77be-405c-847e-d2f0f688e530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).