Senate Bill S9457

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to coordination of policies and services of the traumatic brain injury program with the office for the prevention of domestic violence

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 13, 2026	referred to health

2025-S9457 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2740 & 2744, Pub Health L

2025-S9457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the coordination of policies and services of the traumatic brain injury program with the office for the prevention of domestic violence; includes the executive director of the office for the prevention of domestic violence on the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council.

2025-S9457 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9457

SPONSOR: CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to coordination of
policies and services of the traumatic brain injury program with the
office for the prevention of domestic violence

 
PURPOSE:

To incorporate the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence within
the Traumatic Brain Injury Program, including by adding the executive
director of the Office into the Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordi-
nating Council.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section 2740 of the Public Health law to include
consultation with the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence as
one of the responsibilities in the traumatic brain injury program.

Section 2: Provides that the executive director of the Office for the
Prevention of Domestic Violence be included as part of the traumatic
brain injury services coordinating council.

Section 3: This act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Brain Injury Association of America, domestic violence
is a common cause for traumatic brain injury (TBI) for women, children,
and other groups that has been significantly overlooked. Approximately
36% of domestic violence survivors have sustained injuries to the head;
neck, or face, and women who seek medical attention for such injuries
are 7.5 times more likely to be domestic violence victims compared to
women seeking care for other injuries.

Combined with the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found
that more than half of women in New York experienced domestic violence
in their lifetime, it is critical that New York takes action to address
these overlapping issues.

As New York seeks to have a comprehensive response to TBI through a
prevention and response program, it is essential that the Office for the
Prevention of Domestic Violence be included in coordinating policy.
Survivors often incur TBI, in turn suffering from cognitive and mental
effects such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, memory
loss, and a loss of stress and emotional regulation resulting from being
hit on the head, slammed, shaken, thrown, suffocated, strangled, or
asphyxiation during instances of domestic violence. According to one
study, only 35% of women hit in the head or strangled by their intimate
partner sought medical treatment, despite 64% reporting losing
consciousness or a period of being dazed and confused.

While the New York State Department of Health and the Office for the
Prevention of Domestic Violence have taken steps to alert health care
providers of the intersection of these two issues, it is important to
enhance coordination of state efforts between TBI and domestic violence.
This legislation would allow the Office for the Prevention of Domestic
Violence to directly and statutorily provide valuable input in coordi-
nating policy and administering the New York State Traumatic Brain Inju-
ry Program. Further, this bill would provide for the executive director
of the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence to take part in
the Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council, thus incorpo-
rating their expertise and advice towards State TBI policy.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S9457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9457
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  read  twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  coordination  of
   policies  and  services of the traumatic brain injury program with the
   office for the prevention of domestic violence

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section  2740 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
 ter 672 of the laws of 2019,  is amended to read as follows:
   §  2740. Traumatic brain injury program. The department shall have the
 central responsibility for administering the provisions of this  article
 and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to traumat-
 ic  brain injury, in consultation with the office for people with devel-
 opmental disabilities, the office of mental health,  the  department  of
 education,  the  office  of  [alcoholism  and  substance abuse services]
 ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, the department of social services,  the
 office  of  the advocate for the disabled, THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION
 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and the commission on  quality  of  care  for  the
 mentally disabled.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section  2744  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 672 of the laws of 2019,    is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  The traumatic brain injury services coordinating council is hereby
 established and shall consist of the following persons or  their  desig-
 nees:  the  commissioner, the commissioner of the office for people with
 developmental disabilities, the office of mental health, the commission-
 er of education, the commissioner of  [alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
 services]  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND SUPPORTS, the commissioner of social
 services, the state advocate for the disabled, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
 THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the commission on
 quality of care for the mentally  disabled.  In  addition,  the  council
 shall  consist  of  the following persons: five persons appointed by the
 governor, three of whom shall be persons with traumatic brain injury and
 two of whom shall be representative of the  public  and  have  a  demon-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15162-01-6
 S. 9457                             2
 
 strated  expertise  and  interest in traumatic brain injury; two persons
 appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be
 a person with traumatic brain injury and one of whom shall be  represen-
 tative  of  the public and have a demonstrated expertise and interest in
 traumatic brain injury; two persons appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the
 assembly,  one of whom shall be a person with traumatic brain injury and
 one of whom shall be representative of the  public  and  have  a  demon-
 strated  expertise  and  interest  in traumatic brain injury, one person
 appointed by the minority leader of the senate who  shall  be  a  person
 with  traumatic brain injury or be representative of the public and have
 a demonstrated expertise and interest in traumatic brain injury; and one
 person appointed by the minority leader of the assembly who shall  be  a
 person  with  traumatic  brain injury or be representative of the public
 and have a demonstrated expertise and interest in traumatic brain  inju-
 ry. Of the five persons appointed by the governor, three shall serve for
 a  term  of  one  year,  one shall serve for a term of two years and one
 shall serve for a term of three years. Of the two persons  appointed  by
 the temporary president of the senate, one shall serve for a term of two
 years  and one shall serve for a term of three years. Of the two persons
 appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one shall serve for a term  of
 two  years  and  one  shall  serve for a term of three years. The person
 appointed by the minority leader of the senate and the person  appointed
 by  the  minority  leader  of the assembly shall serve for a term of one
 year. Subsequent appointments for vacancies shall be for a term of three
 years and shall be filled in the same manner as  the  original  appoint-
 ment.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick

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