Assembly Bill A2351

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-A2351 (ACTIVE) - Details

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
2013-2014: A1170
2015-2016: A776
2017-2018: A605
2019-2020: A2055
2021-2022: A89
2023-2024: A1323

2011-A2351 (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-A2351 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2351

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A.  ABBATE,  BING,  BRENNAN,  DESTITO,  GALEF, GLICK, JAFFEE, McENENY,
  MILLMAN, PAULIN, PHEFFER, TITONE -- 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 OFFICE OF VICTIMS SERVICES, TO AWARD GRANTS TO  PROVIDE  STATE-
WIDE  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 on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06923-01-1

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