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Assembly Bill A8060

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to awards of unreimbursed costs to child victims

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2009-A8060 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3402
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง631, Exec L

2009-A8060 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to awards of unreimbursed costs to child victims.

2009-A8060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8060

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY, DESTITO, GALEF, BENEDETTO, LANCMAN, SALA-
  DINO,  PERRY,  JAFFEE,  JOHN,  ESPAILLAT, GORDON, SPANO, HYER-SPENCER,
  KOON, REILLY, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALESSI,  CHRIS-
  TENSEN, DUPREY, EDDINGTON, FIELDS, GABRYSZAK, GLICK, McENENY, PHEFFER,
  RAMOS,  RUSSELL,  STIRPE,  SWEENEY,  WEISENBERG  -- (at request of the
  Crime Victims Board) -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to child victims

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

  Section 1. Section 631 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 17 to read as follows:
  17. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
WHERE A CHILD VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN PHYSICALLY INJURED AS A DIRECT  RESULT
OF  A  CRIME,  OR  HAS  WITNESSED  A  CRIME  IN WHICH NO PHYSICAL INJURY
OCCURRED, THE CLAIMANT SHALL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD THAT INCLUDES
THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF REPAIR OR  REPLACEMENT  OF  ESSENTIAL  PERSONAL
PROPERTY OF THE CHILD VICTIM THAT HAS BEEN LOST, DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AS
A  DIRECT  RESULT  OF  A  CRIME, TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE
CLAIMANT  FOR  NECESSARY  COURT  APPEARANCES  OF  THE  CHILD  VICTIM  IN
CONNECTION  WITH  THE  PROSECUTION OF SUCH CRIMES, AND, IF COUNSELING IS
COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT OR  ITS  DISCOV-
ERY,  (1)  THE  UNREIMBURSED  COST  OF  COUNSELING PROVIDED TO THE CHILD
VICTIM ON ACCOUNT OF MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS RESULTING FROM THE INCI-
DENT IN WHICH THE CRIME OCCURRED, AND/OR (2) THE  UNREIMBURSED  COST  OF
COUNSELING  PROVIDED  TO  THE  CLAIMANT  ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH (H) OF
SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS  ARTICLE  AND
RESULTING FROM THE INCIDENT IN WHICH THE CRIME OCCURRED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07695-02-9

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