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                                   1253
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  mandatory  counseling
   for  minor victims of a sex offense and the parent or guardian of such
   victims
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 625 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
 WITHOUT REGARD TO THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY OF THE CLAIMANT, A VICTIM  OF
 A  SEX  OFFENSE,  AS  SUCH SEX OFFENSE IS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
 THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW, AND THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF  SUCH  VICTIM  IF
 SUCH  VICTIM  IS A MINOR, SHALL OBTAIN COUNSELING FROM A PSYCHIATRIST OR
 LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST PRIOR TO FILING A CLAIM FOR RECEIPT  OF  AN  AWARD
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE. A LETTER ISSUED FROM SUCH VICTIM'S TREATING
 PSYCHIATRIST OR LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST SHALL BE  FILED  ALONG  WITH  SUCH
 VICTIM'S CLAIM.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02762-01-9