Assembly Bill A2022

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program

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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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2011-A2022 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S249
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2805-u, Pub Health L; amd §631, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A471, S4654
2013-2014: A1170, S1329
2015-2016: A776, S3280
2017-2018: A605, S4446
2019-2020: A2055, S750
2021-2022: A89
2023-2024: A1323

2011-A2022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program to award grants to provide statewide access to services provided by sexual assault forensic examiners to victims of sexual assault.

2011-A2022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2022

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, DESTITO, GOTTFRIED, BING, JAFFEE, ENGLE-
  BRIGHT,  LIFTON,  CUSICK,  PHEFFER  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  CAHILL, REILLY, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
  to establishing the sexual assault forensic examiner grant program

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

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
2805-u to read as follows:
  S 2805-U. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE  IS
HEREBY  CREATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER
GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION
WITH  THE  CRIME  VICTIMS  BOARD,  TO  AWARD GRANTS TO PROVIDE STATEWIDE
ACCESS TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL  ASSAULT  TO  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  SEXUAL
ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINERS.
  2.  A  GRANT  MAY  BE AWARDED UPON SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE
COMMISSIONER. SUCH APPLICATION FOR A GRANT SHALL DEMONSTRATE A  SPECIFIC
NEED  FOR AN AWARD OF A GRANT TO PROVIDE SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMIN-
ERS WITH THE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
  S 2. Section 631 of the executive law is amended  by  adding    a  new
subdivision 18 to read as follows:
  18.  SEXUAL  ASSAULT  FORENSIC  GRANTS  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  UPON THE
SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-U OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01534-01-1

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