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Assembly Bill A3428

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits compelling domestic abuse victims to contact their abusers

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2011-A3428 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง459-i, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A1405

2011-A3428 (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.

2011-A3428 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3428

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT, GABRYSZAK, JAFFEE, SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, HOOPER, 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-i to read as follows:
  S 459-I. 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.
                                                           LBD00630-01-1

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