NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4261

Senate Bill S4261

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education in high schools

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to social services
May 23, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Feb 07, 2017	referred to social services

Votes

- May 23, 2017 - Social Services Committee Vote
  S4261
  
  4
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Social Services Committee Vote: May 23, 2017
      
      aye (4)
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Persaud
      
      Squadron
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Helming
      
      LaValle
      
      Tedisco

2017-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2496
Current Committee:: Senate Social Services
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§459-a & 459-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1276, A1023
2011-2012: S322, A330
2013-2014: S1380, A416
2015-2016: S972, A1821
2019-2020: A816
2021-2022: A5107
2023-2024: A2463

2017-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education to students in public and private high schools; provides for state reimbursement therefor.

2017-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4261

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to establishing school-outreach domestic violence prevention programs

 PURPOSE :

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential
programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and
education in high schools.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Subdivision 5 of section 459-a of the social services
law by excluding the requirement that victims of domestic violence and
their children constitute at least 70% of the clientele of a
"non-residential program for victims of domestic violence", if such
program is providing school-outreach domestic violence prevention.

Section 2 amends section 459-c of the social services law by adding a
new subdivision 3, which requires a social services district to
purchase a domestic violence program for public and private middle and
high school students from a non-residential, not-for-profit
organization operating a program for victims of domestic violence, and
that 100% of expenditures by the social services district where
appropriately expressed, shall be state reimbursed.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Abuse in teen relationships is on the rise, with various studies
estimating that 25%-33% of teenage girls will experience physical
abuse in a relationship by the age of eighteen. Information about
violence in families and relationships, its dynamics, how to hold the
abuser accountable, and the community resources for victims and
survivors, is critical. There are many requests from middle and high
schools for this type of program but no funding sources.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2003-2004: S.4233 - Died in Committee;
2005-2006: S.1294 - Died in Committee;
2007-2008: S.3163 - Died in Committee;
2009-2010: S.1276 - Died in Committee
2011-2012: S.322 - Died in Committee;
2013-2014: S.1380 - Referred to and died in Social Services

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Shall take effect 128 days after enactment providing the commissioner
of children and family services is authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations necessary for implementation.

2017-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4261
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   school-outreach domestic violence prevention programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 459-a of the social services  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. "Non-residential program for victims of  domestic  violence"  means
 any  program  operated by a not-for-profit organization, for the purpose
 of providing non-residential services to victims of  domestic  violence,
 including,  but not limited to, information and referral services, advo-
 cacy, counseling, and community education and  outreach  activities  and
 providing  or  arranging  for  hotline  services.  Victims  of  domestic
 violence and their children, if any, shall constitute at  least  seventy
 percent  of the clientele of such programs; PROVIDED THAT CLIENTELE IN A
 SCHOOL-OUTREACH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  DISRE-
 GARDED IN MAKING THIS CALCULATION.
   §  2.  Section 459-c of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  AND  THE
 REGULATIONS  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, A SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL  PURCHASE  FROM  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION
 OPERATING A NON-RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
 PROVIDE  TO  STUDENTS  WITHIN  PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS A
 PROGRAM OF INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES, ADVOCACY, COUNSELING,  AND
 EDUCATION ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
   (B)  TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT  FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED EXPRESSLY THEREFOR,
 STATE REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR ONE HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06302-01-7

 S. 4261                             2
 
 EXPENDITURES  MADE  BY  A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR PROGRAMS PROVIDED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of the office
 of  children and family services is authorized to promulgate any and all
 rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
 this act on its effective date on or before such date.

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