Assembly Bill A8401

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment of a sexual assault victim bill of rights by the department of health, in consultation with the division of criminal justice services and department of law

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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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2017-A8401 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805-i, Pub Health L; amd §838-a, add §§838-b & 838-c, Exec L

2017-A8401 - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a sexual assault victim bill of rights by the department of health, in consultation with the division of criminal justice services and the office of victim services; establishes a victim's right to notice.

2017-A8401 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8401
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to establishing a sexual assault survivor bill of rights; and to amend
   the executive law, in relation to establishing  a  victim's  right  to
   notice and requiring a study relating to the feasibility of establish-
   ing a statewide tracking system for sexual offense evidence kits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i of the public health law is
 renumbered subdivision 8, and two new subdivisions 6 and 7 are added  to
 read as follows:
   6.  (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES, THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LAW  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  VICTIM
 SERVICES,  SHALL  ESTABLISH A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR BILL OF RIGHTS FOR
 PURPOSES OF INFORMING SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIMS OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER STATE
 LAW. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM:
   (1) THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO CONSULT WITH A  LOCAL  RAPE  CRISIS  OR
 VICTIM  ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION, TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH ORGAN-
 IZATION ACCOMPANY THE VICTIM THROUGH THE SEXUAL OFFENSE EXAMINATION, AND
 TO HAVE SUCH AN ORGANIZATION BE SUMMONED BY THE MEDICAL FACILITY, POLICE
 AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF  THE  PHYSICAL
 EXAMINATION  OR  INTERVIEW,  UNLESS  NO RAPE CRISIS OR VICTIM ASSISTANCE
 ORGANIZATION CAN BE SUMMONED IN A REASONABLY TIMELY MANNER;
   (2) THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO BE  OFFERED  AND  HAVE  MADE  AVAILABLE
 APPROPRIATE  POST-EXPOSURE  TREATMENT  THERAPIES,  INCLUDING A SEVEN DAY
 STARTER PACK OF HIV POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS, IN  CASES  WHERE  IT  HAS
 BEEN DETERMINED THAT A SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO HIV HAS OCCURRED;
   (3)  THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATING TO AND THE PROVISION OF
 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED
 FIVE-P OF THIS ARTICLE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-A8401A - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805-i, Pub Health L; amd §838-a, add §§838-b & 838-c, Exec L

2017-A8401A - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a sexual assault victim bill of rights by the department of health, in consultation with the division of criminal justice services and the office of victim services; establishes a victim's right to notice.

2017-A8401A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8401--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMOTAS, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Health  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to establishing a sexual assault survivor bill of rights; and to amend
   the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  maintenance  of sexual assault
   evidence, establishing a victim's right to notice prior to destruction
   and requiring a study relating to the feasibility  of  establishing  a
   statewide tracking system for sexual offense evidence kits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2805-i of the public  health  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  504 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The sexual offense evidence shall be collected and kept in a locked
 separate and secure area for not less than thirty days unless: (a)  such
 evidence  is  not privileged and the police request its surrender before
 that time, which request shall be complied with; or (b) such evidence is
 privileged and (i) the alleged sexual offense victim nevertheless  gives
 permission  to  turn  such privileged evidence over to the police before
 that time, or (ii) the alleged sexual offense victim signs  a  statement
 directing the hospital to not collect and keep such privileged evidence,
 which  direction  shall  be  complied  with. The sexual offense evidence
 shall include, but not be limited to, slides, cotton swabs, clothing and
 other items. Where appropriate such items must be refrigerated  and  the
 clothes  and swabs must be dried, stored in paper bags and labeled. Each
 item of evidence shall be marked and logged with a  code  number  corre-
 sponding  to  the  patient's  medical record. The alleged sexual offense
 [victim] SURVIVOR shall be notified [that after thirty days, the refrig-

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

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multi-Sponsors

2017-A8401B - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805-i, Pub Health L; amd §838-a, add §§838-b & 838-c, Exec L

2017-A8401B - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a sexual assault victim bill of rights by the department of health, in consultation with the division of criminal justice services and the office of victim services; establishes a victim's right to notice.

2017-A8401B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8401--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMOTAS,  OTIS,  DINOWITZ,  DICKENS,  QUART,
   DE LA ROSA, NIOU, RIVERA, MOSLEY, BARRON, McDONALD, ZEBROWSKI, CROUCH,
   SIMON, GOTTFRIED, CAHILL, GIGLIO, HEVESI,  PELLEGRINO  --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by  --  M. of A.  ABBATE, BRAUNSTEIN, M. L. MILLER -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the  Commit-
   tee  on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to  establishing  a sexual assault victim bill of rights; and to amend
   the executive law,  in  relation  to  maintenance  of  sexual  assault
   evidence, establishing a victim's right to notice prior to destruction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i of the public health law is
 renumbered subdivision 7 and a new subdivision 6 is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  (A)  THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES, HOSPITALS, OTHER HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS AND VICTIM ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL PUBLISH A SEXUAL
 ASSAULT VICTIM BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PURPOSES OF INFORMING  SEXUAL  OFFENSE
 VICTIMS  OF  THEIR  RIGHTS UNDER STATE LAW. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS SHALL BE
 PROMINENTLY PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, IN AT LEAST  THE  TEN
 MOST COMMON LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THIS STATE, AND DISTRIBUTED TO HOSPITALS
 AS A DOCUMENT WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EVERY PRESENTING SEXUAL OFFENSE
 VICTIM.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  UPDATE THE BILL OF RIGHTS AS NECESSARY TO
 REFLECT CHANGES IN STATE LAW AND MORE ACCURATELY EXPLAIN THE  LAW.  SUCH
 BILL  OF  RIGHTS  SHALL  BE  IN  PLAIN, EASY TO UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE, AND
 INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11584-15-8
              

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multi-Sponsors

2017-A8401C (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805-i, Pub Health L; amd §838-a, add §§838-b & 838-c, Exec L

2017-A8401C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a sexual assault victim bill of rights by the department of health, in consultation with the division of criminal justice services and the office of victim services; establishes a victim's right to notice.

2017-A8401C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8401--C
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMOTAS,  OTIS,  DINOWITZ,  DICKENS,  QUART,
   DE LA ROSA, NIOU, RIVERA, MOSLEY, BARRON, McDONALD, ZEBROWSKI, CROUCH,
   SIMON, GOTTFRIED, CAHILL, GIGLIO, HEVESI,  PELLEGRINO,  GALEF,  GLICK,
   WEPRIN,  L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BRAUN-
   STEIN, M. L. MILLER -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Health  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
   reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred  to
   the  Committee  on  Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on
   Ways and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on  Rules  --
   Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to  establishing  a sexual assault victim bill of rights; and to amend
   the executive law,  in  relation  to  maintenance  of  sexual  assault
   evidence, establishing a victim's right to notice prior to destruction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i of the public health law is
 renumbered subdivision 7 and a new subdivision 6 is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  (A)  THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES, HOSPITALS, OTHER HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS AND VICTIM ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL PUBLISH A SEXUAL
 ASSAULT VICTIM BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PURPOSES OF INFORMING  SEXUAL  OFFENSE
 VICTIMS  OF  THEIR  RIGHTS UNDER STATE LAW. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS SHALL BE
 PROMINENTLY PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, IN AT LEAST  THE  TEN
 MOST COMMON LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THIS STATE, AND DISTRIBUTED TO HOSPITALS
 AS A DOCUMENT WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EVERY PRESENTING SEXUAL OFFENSE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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