Bill Text: NY A00471 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the sexual assault nurse examiner and sexual assault forensic examiner grant program to award grants to provide statewide access to services provided by sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners to victims of sexual assault.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-19 - print number 471a [A00471 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00471-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        471--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JOHN, DESTITO, GOTTFRIED, ALESSI, KOON, BING,
         DelMONTE, ENGLEBRIGHT, LIFTON, CUSICK, FIELDS, JAFFEE  --  Multi-Spon-
         sored  by  --  M.    of  A. CAHILL, REILLY, WEINSTEIN -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to
         the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance  with  Assembly
         Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
         to establishing the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
    2  2805-u to read as follows:
    3    S 2805-U. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE  IS
    4  HEREBY  CREATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER
    5  GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION
    6  WITH  THE  CRIME  VICTIMS  BOARD,  TO  AWARD GRANTS TO PROVIDE STATEWIDE
    7  ACCESS TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL  ASSAULT  TO  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  SEXUAL
    8  ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINERS.
    9    2.  A  GRANT  MAY  BE AWARDED UPON SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE
   10  COMMISSIONER. SUCH APPLICATION FOR A GRANT SHALL DEMONSTRATE A  SPECIFIC
   11  NEED  FOR AN AWARD OF A GRANT TO PROVIDE SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMIN-
   12  ERS WITH THE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
   13    S 2. Section 631 of the executive law is amended  by  adding    a  new
   14  subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   15    18.  SEXUAL  ASSAULT  FORENSIC  GRANTS  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  UPON THE
   16  SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  PURSUANT  TO
   17  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-U OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   18    S 3. 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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