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Assembly Bill A3592

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility for crime victims' compensation to include domestic partners

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2011-A3592 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S629
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง624 & 626, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4089, S1422
2013-2014: A4024, S215
2015-2016: A3694, S584
2017-2018: A3920, S153, S7012
2019-2020: A2566, S4958

2011-A3592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner; further provides for out-of-pocket loss to include the cost of counseling for surviving family members of homicide victims.

2011-A3592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3592

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 26, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK, JAFFEE, PERRY, GOTTFRIED, SPANO -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, COLTON,  JACOBS,  MILLMAN,  O'DONNELL,
  PHEFFER,  SWEENEY,  WEINSTEIN, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to eligibility of  domes-
  tic partners for compensation from the crime victims' board

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 624 of the execu-
tive law, as amended by chapter 427 of the laws of 1999, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (b) a surviving spouse OR DOMESTIC PARTNER, grandparent, parent, step-
parent,  child  or stepchild of a victim of a crime who died as a direct
result of such crime;
  S 2. Section 624 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "DOMESTIC PARTNER" MEANS A
PERSON WHO, WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER PERSON:
  (A) IS FORMALLY A PARTY IN A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP OR SIMILAR RELATION-
SHIP WITH THE OTHER PERSON, ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO  THE  LAWS  OF  THE
UNITED  STATES OR OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN JURISDICTION, OR REGIS-
TERED AS THE DOMESTIC PARTNER OF THE  OTHER  PERSON  WITH  ANY  REGISTRY
MAINTAINED  BY  THE EMPLOYER OF EITHER PARTY OR ANY STATE, MUNICIPALITY,
OR FOREIGN JURISDICTION; OR
  (B) IS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AS A BENEFICIARY OR  COVERED  PERSON  UNDER
THE OTHER PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OR HEALTH INSURANCE; OR
  (C)  IS  DEPENDENT  OR MUTUALLY INTERDEPENDENT ON THE OTHER PERSON FOR
SUPPORT, AS EVIDENCED BY THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATING  A
MUTUAL  INTENT  TO  BE  A DOMESTIC PARTNER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
COMMON OWNERSHIP OR JOINT LEASING OF REAL OR PERSONAL  PROPERTY;  COMMON
HOUSEHOLDING,  SHARED  INCOME  OR  SHARED  EXPENSES; CHILDREN IN COMMON;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01279-01-1

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