Bill Text: NY A02394 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the office of victims services to consult with the office for the aging in establishing a program for home visitation for elderly and invalid victims of violent crime.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-09-12 - signed chap.280 [A02394 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02394-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2394 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, SEPULVEDA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the establishment of a home visitation program for elderly and invalid victims of violent crime The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 623 of the executive law, as 2 amended by section 8 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 9. To establish and maintain a special investigative unit to expedite 5 processing of claims by senior citizens and special emergency situ- 6 ations, and to promote, in consultation with the office for the aging, 7 the establishment of a volunteer program of home visitation to elderly 8 and invalid victims of violent crime. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03438-01-7