Assembly Bill A816

2019-2020 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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  • 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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2019-A816 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly 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: A1023
2011-2012: A330
2013-2014: A416
2015-2016: A1821
2017-2018: A2496
2021-2022: A5107
2023-2024: A2463

2019-A816 (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.

2019-A816 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    816
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, ORTIZ, JAFFEE --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, COOK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER,  PERRY
   -- read once and referred 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.

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