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Assembly Bill A4480

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of the New York city administration for children's services to maintain files under the name of the person being investigated

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2009-A4480 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง617, NYC Chart

2009-A4480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of the New York city administration for children's services to maintain files for investigations and reports under the name of the person being investigated, therefore, keeping the status as a victim of domestic violence confidential.

2009-A4480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4480

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ESPAILLAT, HOOPER, KOON, ZEBROWSKI, LAVINE --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in  relation  to  authorizing
  the  commissioner  of  the New York city administration for children's
  services to maintain files for investigations under the  name  of  the
  person being investigated

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

  Section 1. Section 617 of the New York  city  charter  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision a-1 to read as follows:
  A-1.  IN  ADDITION TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION A
OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY  TO  INITIATE
AND MAINTAIN A FILING PROCEDURE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S
SERVICES OFFICE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND POLICY PROVIDING FOR ALL INVES-
TIGATIONS  AND REPORTS OF ABUSE TO BE FILED UNDER THE NAME OF THE PERSON
BEING INVESTIGATED. THE STATUS AS A VICTIM OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  SHALL
REMAIN  CONFIDENTIAL  INFORMATION  TO THE VICTIM, THE ADMINISTRATION AND
THE OFFICE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND POLICY AND SHALL BE USED SOLELY  FOR
THE PURPOSE OF COMPILING INFORMATION FOR SUCH FILE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07765-01-9

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