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Assembly Bill A605

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program

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2017-A605 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4446
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2805-z, Pub Health L; amd §631, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A471, S4654
2011-2012: A2351, A2022, S249
2013-2014: A1170, S1329
2015-2016: A776, S3280
2019-2020: A2055, S750
2021-2022: A89
2023-2024: A1323

2017-A605 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program to award grants to provide statewide access to services provided by sexual assault forensic examiners to victims of sexual assault.

2017-A605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    605
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, ENGLEBRIGHT, LIFTON,
   CUSICK, ABBATE, STECK, HEVESI,  HOOPER,  COLTON,  DenDEKKER,  SIMOTAS,
   GIGLIO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. CAHILL, CROUCH, McDONOUGH,
   PERRY, RIVERA, TITONE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to establishing the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2805-z to read as follows:
   §  2805-Z. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC  EXAMINER
 GRANT  PROGRAM  TO  BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE CRIME VICTIMS BOARD,  TO  AWARD  GRANTS  TO  PROVIDE  STATEWIDE
 ACCESS  TO  VICTIMS  OF  SEXUAL  ASSAULT  TO SERVICES PROVIDED BY SEXUAL
 ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINERS.
   2. A GRANT MAY BE AWARDED UPON SUBMISSION OF  AN  APPLICATION  TO  THE
 COMMISSIONER.  SUCH APPLICATION FOR A GRANT SHALL DEMONSTRATE A SPECIFIC
 NEED FOR AN AWARD OF A GRANT TO PROVIDE SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC  EXAMIN-
 ERS WITH THE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
   §  2.  Section  631  of  the executive law is amended by adding  a new
 subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19. SEXUAL  ASSAULT  FORENSIC  GRANTS  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  UPON  THE
 SUBMISSION  OF  AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-Z OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02507-01-7

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