Senate Bill S7022

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York state domestic violence fatality review team access to sealed records

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7022 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §575, Exec L; amd §§422 & 427-a, Soc Serv L; amd §§160.50, 160.55 & 160.58, CP L

2013-S7022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the New York state domestic violence fatality review team access to sealed records.

2013-S7022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7022

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 16, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- (at request of the Office for Prevention
  of Domestic Violence) -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the social services law and the crim-
  inal  procedure  law,  in  relation  to  the  New  York state domestic
  violence fatality review team access to sealed records

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 10 of section 575 of the exec-
utive law, as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 491 of the laws of
2012, is amended to read as follows:
  (h)  To  the extent consistent with federal law, upon request the team
shall be provided client-identifiable information and records  necessary
for the investigation of a domestic violence-related death or near death
incident, including, but not limited to:
  (i)  records maintained by a local social services district, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECORDS WHICH ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE DISCLOSED  PURSU-
ANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (BB) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
FOUR  HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO, SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI-
SION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO AND SUBPARAGRAPH (VIII)  OF
PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN-A
OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW;
  (ii)  law  enforcement  records,  INCLUDING RECORDS SEALED PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 160.50, 160.55 AND 160.58 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, except
where the provision of [such] LAW ENFORCEMENT  records  would  interfere
with an ongoing law enforcement investigation or identify a confidential
source or endanger the safety or welfare of an individual;
  (iii) court records;
  (iv) probation and parole records;
  (v)  records  from  domestic  violence  residential or non-residential
programs;
  (vi) records from any relevant service provider, program or  organiza-
tion; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13905-01-4
              

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