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Assembly Bill A11296

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the Division of Criminal Justice Services to identify non-profit agencies that provide sensitivity training to identify LGBT crime victims

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2009-A11296 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง837, Exec L

2009-A11296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of criminal justice services to identify non-profit agencies that provide sensitivity training to identify lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender crime victims.

2009-A11296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11296

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. HOYT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
  of criminal justice services  to  identify  non-profit  agencies  that
  provide LGBT sensitivity training

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 19 to read as follows:
  19. IDENTIFY NON-PROFIT AGENCIES  THAT  CONTRACT  WITH  THE  STATE  TO
PROVIDE SENSITIVITY TRAINING TO EMPLOYEES THAT TEACH THEM HOW TO PROPER-
LY IDENTIFY LESBIAN, GAY, BI-SEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER CRIME VICTIMS AND TO
INVESTIGATE  THE  NATURE  OF  ANY  BIAS  CRIMES  COMMITTED AGAINST THESE
VICTIMS. A LIST OF AGENCIES THAT PROVIDES THIS TRAINING,  THEIR  CONTACT
INFORMATION AND THE COST OF THE TRAINING SHALL BE CONTAINED IN A CENTRAL
DATABASE AND MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17503-01-0

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