Assembly Bill A8924

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of aggravated interference with health care services in the first and second degrees

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2009-A8924 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6112
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240.71, add §§240.72 & 240.73, Pen L

2009-A8924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of aggravated interference with health care services in the first and second degrees.

2009-A8924 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8924

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 16, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. HOYT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the  crime  of  aggravated
  interference with health care services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 240.71 of the penal law, as added by chapter 635 of
the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
S 240.71 Criminal interference with health care  services  or  religious
           worship in the first degree.
  A  person is guilty of criminal interference with health care services
or religious worship in the first degree when  he  or  she  commits  the
crime  of  criminal  interference with health care services or religious
worship in the second degree and has been previously  convicted  of  the
crime  of  criminal  interference with health care services or religious
worship in the first or second degree OR  AGGRAVATED  INTERFERENCE  WITH
HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE FIRST OR SECOND DEGREE.
  Criminal  interference  with health care services or religious worship
in the first degree is a class E felony.
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  240.72  and
240.73 to read as follows:
S 240.72 AGGRAVATED INTERFERENCE WITH HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE SECOND
           DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF THE CRIME OF AGGRAVATED INTERFERENCE WITH HEALTH
CARE  SERVICES  IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF
CRIMINAL INTERFERENCE WITH HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP  IN
VIOLATION  OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 240.70 OF THIS
ARTICLE AND THEREBY CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH OTHER PERSON WHO  WAS
OBTAINING  OR  PROVIDING,  OR  WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER PERSON TO OBTAIN OR
PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14365-01-9

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