Bill Text: NY S04198 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires police stations, district attorney offices, hospitals and other places where crimes may, or must, be reported to make available to crime victims printed information pertaining to social services and financial assistance for such crime victims.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S04198 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04198-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4198
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 23, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
         Correction
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing information
         on victim and witness assistance programs to crime victims
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 625-a of the executive law, as
    2  amended by section 15 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  Every police station, precinct house, GENERAL HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED
    5  UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE WHICH MAINTAINS  FACILITIES  FOR  PROVIDING
    6  OUT-PATIENT  EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, HOMELESS
    7  SHELTER, any appropriate location where a crime may, OR MUST  UNDER  THE
    8  OFFICE'S RULES AND REGULATIONS, be reported and any location required by
    9  the rules and regulations of the office shall have available informative
   10  booklets,  pamphlets  and other pertinent written information, including
   11  information cards, to be supplied by the office, relating to the  avail-
   12  ability  of  crime victims compensation including all necessary applica-
   13  tion blanks required to be filed with the office and shall display prom-
   14  inently  posters  giving  notification  of  the  existence  and  general
   15  provisions  of  this  article,  those  provisions  of the penal law that
   16  prohibit the intimidation of crime victims and the location of the near-
   17  est crime victim service program. The office may  issue  guidelines  for
   18  the  location  of  such  display  and shall provide posters, application
   19  forms, information cards  and  general  information.  Every  victim  who
   20  reports a crime in any manner whatsoever shall be given notice about the
   21  rights of crime victims and the existence of all relevant local victim's
   22  assistance  programs  and  services  THAT  ARE  FUNDED BY THE OFFICE AND
   23  PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE LICENSED AND APPROVED BY  THE  OFFICE  OF
   24  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RAPE CRISIS
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10418-01-1
       S. 4198                             2
    1  CENTERS,  ELDERLY VICTIM PROJECTS, VICTIM ASSISTANCE HOTLINES AND DOMES-
    2  TIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS AND PROGRAMS pursuant to section six hundred twen-
    3  ty-five-b of this article, and supplied  by  the  person  receiving  the
    4  report with information, application blanks, and information cards which
    5  shall  clearly  state:  (a) that crime victims may be eligible for state
    6  compensation benefits; (b) the address and phone number of  the  office;
    7  (c)  that police and district attorneys can help protect victims against
    8  harassment and intimidation; (d) the  addresses  and  phone  numbers  of
    9  local  victim  service  programs  FUNDED BY THE OFFICE AND SUCH PROGRAMS
   10  LICENSED AND APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,
   11  where  appropriate,  or space for inserting that information AND A BRIEF
   12  DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY SUCH PROGRAMS; or (e) any  other
   13  information  the  office deems appropriate. Such cards shall be designed
   14  by the office in consultation with local police, and  shall  be  printed
   15  and  distributed  by  the  office. The office shall develop a system for
   16  distributing a sufficient supply of the information cards referred to in
   17  this subdivision, to all the  appropriate  designated  locations,  which
   18  shall include a schedule for meeting that requirement.
   19    S  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 625-b of the executive law, as amended
   20  by section 16 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is  amended
   21  to read as follows:
   22    1.  The  commissioner  of the division of criminal justice services in
   23  cooperation with the office shall develop and implement  a  standardized
   24  procedure  to  be  used by police officers, county sheriffs' departments
   25  [and], GENERAL HOSPITALS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE  WHICH
   26  MAINTAIN  FACILITIES  FOR  PROVIDING OUT-PATIENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE,
   27  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, HOMELESS SHELTERS AND state police  officers
   28  whereby  victims of crime are notified about the rights of crime victims
   29  and the existence of programs FUNDED BY THE OFFICE AND PROGRAMS LICENSED
   30  AND APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  designed  to
   31  assist crime victims.
   32    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   33  it shall have become a law.