Bill Text: NY S07537 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the office for the prevention of domestic violence to facilitate the establishment of five crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state to help individuals who have experienced violent crime, including individuals who suffered gunshot wounds, as well as victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, and hate crimes, and those who had a family member assaulted or killed, free of charge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-03 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07537 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07537-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7537--B Cal. No. 1221 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE November 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, BROUK, SEPULVEDA, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 576 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 576. Crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers. 1. The 4 office for the prevention of domestic violence shall facilitate the 5 development and establishment of, and designate, five regional crime 6 victim and trauma survivor recovery centers across the state. The office 7 for the prevention of domestic violence shall establish procedures and 8 criteria for the designation of such centers ensuring geographic cover- 9 age across the state consistent with this section. 10 2. Such crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers shall focus 11 on helping individuals who have: 12 (a) been a victim of a violent crime, including individuals who have 13 suffered gunshot wounds; 14 (b) been a victim of sexual assault; 15 (c) been a victim of domestic violence; 16 (d) been a victim of human trafficking; 17 (e) been a victim of a hate crime; or 18 (f) had a family member assaulted or killed. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13675-07-2S. 7537--B 2 1 3. The following services to be offered at the crime victim and trauma 2 survivor recovery centers established pursuant to this section shall 3 include, but not be limited to: 4 (a) trauma-informed clinical case management; 5 (b) evidence-based individual, group and family psychotherapy; 6 (c) crisis intervention; 7 (d) medication management; 8 (e) legal advocacy; 9 (f) assistance with filing police reports and accessing victim compen- 10 sation funds; 11 (g) mental health services; 12 (h) help with relocation of an individual when safety is threatened; 13 and 14 (i) transportation aid to and from medical appointments, court dates, 15 and other related events. 16 4. The services provided by crime victim and trauma survivor recovery 17 centers pursuant to subdivision three of this section shall be provided 18 free of charge and no individual receiving treatment shall be liable for 19 the cost of any such services. 20 5. Each crime victim and trauma survivor recovery center shall work 21 with community partners to educate the local community in order to be 22 more trauma informed. "Community partners" shall include, but not be 23 limited to, criminal justice organizations, social services organiza- 24 tions and health care organizations. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
