Bill Text: NY A00928 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 928 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Broadens the focus of the New York state committee for the coordination of police services to elderly persons; relates to the evaluation of Triad programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-25 - signed chap.244 [A00928 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00928-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          928
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 8, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Aging
       AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to broadening the focus
         of the New  York  state  committee  for  the  coordination  of  police
         services to elderly persons
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 844-b  of
    2  the  executive  law,  as  added  by  chapter 111 of the laws of 1993, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    The committee shall advise the  division,  the  state  police,  county
    5  sheriffs  and other local law enforcement agencies, and senior advocates
    6  chosen in consultation with the state office for the aging, in the study
    7  and  evaluation  of  ["Triad  Programs"  as  an]  effective   [response]
    8  RESPONSES,  INCLUDING "TRIAD PROGRAMS," to the problems of crime against
    9  elderly persons.  The committee may also consult with  experts,  service
   10  providers  and representative organizations engaged in the protection of
   11  the elderly and may recommend the  development  of  PROGRAMS,  INCLUDING
   12  "Triad  Programs",  in  the  state  of New York to assist the elderly to
   13  avoid criminal victimization through the coordinated  efforts  of  state
   14  and  local  law  enforcement  agencies  and  organizations which provide
   15  services for the elderly. The committee may also recommend policies  and
   16  programs  to  assist  law  enforcement  agencies  to  implement  ["Triad
   17  Programs"] SUCH PROGRAMS, including training  and  prevention  standards
   18  and  technical  assistance. Such recommendations may include the follow-
   19  ing:
   20    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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