S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 12, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to residential
services for pregnant victims of domestic violence
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 459-b of the social services law, as amended by
chapter 459 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
S 459-b. Residential services for victims of domestic violence. In
accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
regulations of the office of children and family services, a social
services district shall offer and provide necessary and available emer-
gency shelter and services for up to ninety days at a residential
program for victims of domestic violence to a victim of domestic
violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of
the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for
public assistance. Two forty-five day extensions of necessary and avail-
able emergency shelter may be granted beyond the maximum length of stay
at a residential program for victims of domestic violence for residents
who continue to be in need of emergency services and temporary shelter.
A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO IS PREGNANT DURING THE TIME SHE
UTILIZES SUCH EMERGENCY SHELTER OR SERVICES MAY BE GRANTED UP TO NINE
MONTHS OF NECESSARY AND AVAILABLE EMERGENCY SHELTER BEYOND THE MAXIMUM
LENGTH OF STAY AT A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PROVIDED THAT SUCH PREGNANT WOMAN IS IN PURSUIT OF AN EDUCATION AND
TRAINING TO REACH INDEPENDENT STATUS.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly the commissioner of children and family services is authorized and
directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as he or she deems
necessary to implement the provisions of this act on or before its
effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.