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                                         3428
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT, GABRYSZAK, JAFFEE, SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, HOOPER, ROBINSON, SCHIMEL -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting  the
         state or any of its political subdivisions and public authorities from
         compelling  domestic  abuse  victims  to contact their abusers for any
         reason
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
    2  459-i to read as follows:
    3    S 459-I. CONTACT WITH ABUSER SHALL NOT  BE  COMPELLED.    NEITHER  THE
    4  STATE  NOR  ANY  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  THEREOF,  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY, OR
    5  EMPLOYEE OR AGENT THEREOF SHALL IN ANY WAY FORCE OR  COMPEL  A  DOMESTIC
    6  VIOLENCE VICTIM, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, TO CONTACT HIS OR HER ABUS-
    7  ER, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
    8    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    9  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00630-01-1