Bill Text: NY S06308 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-30 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2651B [S06308 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06308-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6308--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 24, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sens. BALL, HASSELL-THOMPSON, ADAMS, DIAZ, DILAN, DUANE,
         GOLDEN, HANNON, HUNTLEY, JOHNSON,  MAZIARZ,  MONTGOMERY,  OPPENHEIMER,
         PARKER,  RANZENHOFER, SAMPSON, SAVINO, STEWART-COUSINS, ZELDIN -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee on Social Services -- reported favorably from said committee
         and  committed  to  the  Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
         bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
         committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to residential
         services for victims of domestic violence
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 459-b of the social services law, as added by chap-
    2  ter 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  459-b.  Residential  services  for victims of domestic violence. In
    4  accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
    5  regulations of the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY  SERVICES,
    6  a  social services district shall offer and provide necessary and avail-
    7  able emergency shelter and services FOR UP TO NINETY DAYS at a  residen-
    8  tial  program  for  victims of domestic violence to a victim of domestic
    9  violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of
   10  the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for
   11  public assistance.   TWO FORTY-FIVE  DAY  EXTENSIONS  OF  NECESSARY  AND
   12  AVAILABLE  EMERGENCY SHELTER MAY BE GRANTED BEYOND THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF
   13  STAY AT A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR RESI-
   14  DENTS WHO CONTINUE TO BE IN NEED OF  EMERGENCY  SERVICES  AND  TEMPORARY
   15  SHELTER.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   17  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   18  ly  the  commissioner  of children and family services is authorized and
   19  directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as  he  or  she  deems
   20  necessary  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this act on or before its
   21  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04266-04-2