Senate Bill S7995

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the information necessary to investigate compensation claims

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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-S7995 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§623 & 631, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6153
2021-2022: S7011

2017-S7995 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the information necessary to investigate compensation claims.

2017-S7995 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7995 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7995
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GALLIVAN  --  (at  request of the Office of Victim
   Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the information neces-
   sary to investigate compensation claims
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section  623  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  section  8 of part A1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. To request from the division of state police, from county or munic-
 ipal police departments and agencies and from any other state or munici-
 pal department or agency, or public authority, and the same  are  hereby
 authorized  to,  AND  SHALL  provide,  such  assistance and data as will
 enable the office to carry out its functions and duties.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 631 of the executive law, as amended  by
 section  22  of part A1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. No award shall be made unless the office finds that (a) a crime was
 [committed] INDICATED BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY RECORDS, (b) such crime
 directly resulted in personal physical injury to or the exacerbation  of
 a preexisting disability, or condition, or death of, the victim, and (c)
 criminal  justice  agency  records  show  that  such  crime was promptly
 reported to the proper authorities; and in no case may an award be  made
 where the criminal justice agency records show that such report was made
 more than one week after the occurrence of such crime unless the office,
 for  good cause shown, finds the delay to have been justified; provided,
 however, in cases involving an alleged sex offense as contained in arti-
 cle one hundred thirty of the penal law or incest as defined in  section
 255.25,  255.26  or  255.27  of  the  penal  law or labor trafficking as
 defined in section 135.35 of the penal law or sex trafficking as defined
 in section 230.34 of the penal law or an offense chargeable as a  family
 offense as described in section eight hundred twelve of the family court
 act  or  section  530.11  of  the  criminal  procedure law, the criminal
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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