Assembly Bill A5504

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to services for victims of domestic violence; repealer

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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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2023-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§459-a, 459-b, 459-c & 131-u, rpld §§459-c & 459-f, ren §§459-d, 459-e, 459-g & 459-h to be §§459-c, 459-d, 459-e & 459-f, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8865

2023-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to services for victims of domestic violence; provides that the department of social services shall ensure there is sufficient access to domestic violence services in every county; eliminates per diem reimbursement rates for domestic violence programs.

2023-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5504
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  services  for
   victims of domestic violence; and to repeal certain provisions of such
   law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 4  and  5  of  section  459-a  of  the  social
 services law, subdivision 4 as added by chapter 838 of the laws of 1987,
 the  opening  paragraph of subdivision 4 and subdivision 5 as amended by
 chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows:
   4. "A DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  ORGANIZATION"  MEANS  AN  ORGANIZATION  THAT
 PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER AND/OR SERVICES AND CARE TO VICTIMS OF DOMES-
 TIC  VIOLENCE  AND  THEIR  MINOR CHILDREN, AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) "Residential program for victims of domestic violence" [means any]
 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE residential care program certified by the department
 and operated by a not-for-profit organization  in  accordance  with  the
 regulations  of  the  department  for the purpose of providing emergency
 shelter, services and care to victims of domestic violence.  Residential
 programs  for  victims of domestic violence shall include, but shall not
 be limited to:
   [(a)] (I) "Domestic violence shelters", which shall include any  resi-
 dential  care  facility organized for the exclusive purpose of providing
 emergency shelter, services and care to victims of domestic violence and
 their minor children, if any;
   [(b)] (II) "Domestic violence programs" which shall include any facil-
 ity which otherwise meets or would meet the requirements of  THIS  para-
 graph  [(a)  of  this  subdivision],  except  that  victims  of domestic
 violence and their minor children, if any, constitute at  least  seventy
 percent of the clientele of such program; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05761-01-3
              

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