Bill Text: NY A01469 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires counseling for minor victims of a sex offense and the parent or guardian of such victims.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-06 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A01469 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01469-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1469
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  mandatory  counseling
          for  minor victims of a sex offense and the parent or guardian of such
          victims
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 625 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a.  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of this article, and
     4  without regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant, a victim  of
     5  a  sex  offense,  as  such sex offense is defined in article one hundred
     6  thirty of the penal law, and the parent or guardian of  such  victim  if
     7  such  victim  is a minor, shall obtain counseling from a psychiatrist or
     8  licensed psychologist prior to filing a claim for receipt  of  an  award
     9  pursuant  to  this  article. A letter issued from such victim's treating
    10  psychiatrist or licensed psychologist shall be  filed  along  with  such
    11  victim's claim.
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    13  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04325-01-7
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