N.Y. Exec. Law § 532-b

§ 532-b. Powers and duties of approved runaway program. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, pursuant to regulations of\nthe office of children and family services an approved runaway program\nis authorized to and shall:\n (a) provide assistance to any runaway or homeless youth or youth in\nneed of crisis intervention or respite services as defined in this\narticle;\n (b) attempt to determine the cause for the youth's runaway or homeless\nstatus;\n (c) explain to the runaway and homeless youth his legal rights and\noptions of service or other assistance available to the youth;\n (d) work towards reuniting such youth with his parent or guardian as\nsoon as practicable in accordance with section five hundred thirty-two-c\nof this article;\n (e) assist in arranging for necessary services for runaway or homeless\nyouth, and where appropriate, their families, including but not limited\nto food, shelter, clothing, medical care, education and individual and\nfamily counseling. Where the approved runaway program concludes that\nsuch runaway or homeless youth would be eligible for assistance, care or\nservices from a local social services district, it shall assist the\nyouth in securing such assistance, care or services as the youth is\nentitled to; and\n (f) immediately report to the local child protective service where it\nhas reasonable cause to suspect that the runaway or homeless youth has\nbeen abused or neglected or when such youth maintains such to be the\ncase.\n * 2. The runaway youth may remain in the program on a voluntary basis\nfor a period not to exceed thirty days from the date of admission where\nthe filing of a petition pursuant to article ten of the family court act\nis not contemplated, in order that arrangements can be made for the\nrunaway youth's return home, alternative residential placement pursuant\nto section three hundred ninety-eight of the social services law, or any\nother suitable plan. If the runaway youth and the parent, guardian or\ncustodian agree, in writing, the runaway youth may remain in the runaway\nprogram up to sixty days without the filing of a petition pursuant to\narticle ten of the family court act, provided that in any such case the\nfacility shall first have obtained the approval of the applicable\nmunicipal runaway coordinator, who shall notify the municipality's youth\nbureau of his or her approval together with a statement as to the reason\nwhy such additional residential stay is necessary and a description of\nthe efforts being made to find suitable alternative living arrangements\nfor such youth.\n * NB Effective until December 31, 2018\n * 2. The runaway youth may remain in the program on a voluntary basis\nfor a period not to exceed thirty days from the date of admission where\nthe filing of a petition pursuant to article ten of the family court act\nis not contemplated, in order that arrangements can be made for the\nrunaway youth's return home, alternative residential placement pursuant\nto section three hundred ninety-eight of the social services law, or any\nother suitable plan. If the runaway youth and the parent, guardian or\ncustodian agree, in writing, the runaway youth may remain in the runaway\nprogram up to sixty days without the filing of a petition pursuant to\narticle ten of the family court act, provided that in any such case the\nfacility shall first have obtained the approval of the county runaway\ncoordinator, who shall notify the county youth bureau of his approval\ntogether with a statement as to the reason why such additional\nresidential stay is necessary and a description of the efforts being\nmade to find suitable alternative living arrangements for such youth.\n * NB Effective December 31, 2018\n