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Assembly Bill A1405

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits compelling domestic abuse victims to contact their abusers

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2009-A1405 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง459-h, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3428

2009-A1405 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the state, its political subdivisions, public authorities, and employees and agents thereof from compelling domestic abuse victims to contact their abusers, directly or indirectly for any reason whatsoever.

2009-A1405 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1405

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT, EDDINGTON, GABRYSZAK, JAFFEE, SCARBOROUGH
  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CHRISTENSEN, GLICK, HOOPER, JOHN,
  KOON, 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:

  Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
459-h to read as follows:
  S  459-H.  CONTACT  WITH  ABUSER SHALL NOT BE COMPELLED.   NEITHER THE
STATE NOR  ANY  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  THEREOF,  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY,  OR
EMPLOYEE  OR  AGENT  THEREOF SHALL IN ANY WAY FORCE OR COMPEL A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE VICTIM, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, TO CONTACT HIS OR HER ABUS-
ER, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00293-01-9

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