NY State Senate Bill 2015-S972

Senate Bill S972

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education in high schools

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- In Committee Assembly
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 09, 2016	reported and committed to finance
Jan 06, 2016	referred to social services
May 28, 2015	reported and committed to finance
Jan 07, 2015	referred to social services

Votes

- Feb 9, 2016 - Social Services Committee Vote
  S972
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Social Services Committee Vote: Feb 9, 2016
      
      aye (5)
      
      Amedore
      
      Carlucci
      
      Martins
      
      Persaud
      
      Squadron
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Farley
      
      LaValle
  May 28, 2015 - Social Services Committee Vote
  S972
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Social Services Committee Vote: May 28, 2015
      
      aye (5)
      
      Amedore
      
      Carlucci
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Squadron
      
      nay (1)
      
      Farley
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      LaValle

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2015-S972 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1821
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§459-a & 459-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1276, A1023
2011-2012: S322, A330
2013-2014: S1380, A416
2017-2018: S4261, A2496
2019-2020: A816
2021-2022: A5107
2023-2024: A2463

2015-S972 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education to students in public and private high schools; provides for state reimbursement therefor.

2015-S972 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S972

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing
school-outreach domestic violence prevention programs

PURPOSE:

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential
programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and
education in high schools.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Subdivision 5 of section 459-a of the social services
law by excluding the requirement that victims of domestic violence and
their children constitute at least 70% of the clientele of a
"non-residential program for victims of domestic violence", if such
program is providing school-outreach domestic violence prevention.

Section 2 amends section 459-c of the social services law by adding a
new subdivision 3, which requires a social services district to
purchase a domestic violence program for public and private middle and
high school students from a non-residential, not-for-profit
organization operating a program for victims of domestic violence, and

that 100% of expenditures by the social services district where
appropriately expressed, shall be state reimbursed.

JUSTIFICATION:

Abuse in teen relationships is on the rise, with various studies
estimating that 25%-33% of teenage girls will experience physical
abuse in a relationship by the age of eighteen.  Information about
violence in families and relationships, its dynamics, how to hold the
abuser accountable, and the community resources for victims and
survivors, is critical. There are many requests from middle and high
schools for this type of program but no funding sources.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2003-2004: S.4233 - Died in Committee;
2005-2006: S.1294 - Died in Committee;
2007-2008: S.3163 - Died in Committee;
2009-2010: S.1276 - Died in Committee
2011-2012: S.322 - Died in Committee;
2013-2014: S.1380 - Referred to and died in Social Services

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Shall take effect 120 days after enactment providing the commissioner
of children and family services is authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations necessary for implementation.

2015-S972 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   972

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
  school-outreach domestic violence prevention programs

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 459-a of the social services  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
  5. "Non-residential program for victims of  domestic  violence"  means
any  program  operated by a not-for-profit organization, for the purpose
of providing non-residential services to victims of  domestic  violence,
including,  but not limited to, information and referral services, advo-
cacy, counseling, and community education and  outreach  activities  and
providing  or  arranging  for  hotline  services.  Victims  of  domestic
violence and their children, if any, shall constitute at  least  seventy
percent  of the clientele of such programs; PROVIDED THAT CLIENTELE IN A
SCHOOL-OUTREACH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  DISRE-
GARDED IN MAKING THIS CALCULATION.
  S  2.  Section 459-c of the social services law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. (A) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  AND  THE
REGULATIONS  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, A SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL  PURCHASE  FROM  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION
OPERATING A NON-RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
PROVIDE  TO  STUDENTS  WITHIN  PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS A
PROGRAM OF INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES, ADVOCACY, COUNSELING,  AND
EDUCATION ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
  (B)  TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT  FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED EXPRESSLY THEREFOR,
STATE REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR ONE HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02320-01-5

S. 972                              2

EXPENDITURES  MADE  BY  A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR PROGRAMS PROVIDED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of the office
of  children and family services is authorized to promulgate any and all
rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
this act on its effective date on or before such date.

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