Bill Text: NY A00086 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 86 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to health care and wellness education and outreach programs for victims of sex offenses or victims of child pornography promotion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-11-20 - signed chap.418 [A00086 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00086-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          86
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, GUNTHER, MARKEY, ROBERTS, SCARBOR-
         OUGH,  SCHIMEL, SIMANOWITZ, COOK, JAFFEE, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO, COLTON, HEVESI, MAGEE, MOYA --  read  once
         and referred to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to health care and
         wellness education and outreach programs for victims of  sex  offenses
         or victims of child pornography promotion
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public  health  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
    3    (K)  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  INDIVIDUAL,  FAMILY  AND  GROUP COUNSELING
    4  PROGRAMS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES PROVIDED AT NO  COST
    5  BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF
    6  ANY  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  WHICH CONSTITUTES A CRIME AND FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD
    7  PORNOGRAPHY PROMOTION OR POSSESSION.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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