Assembly Bill A2496

2017-2018 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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  • 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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2017-A2496 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4261
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§459-a & 459-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1023, S1276
2011-2012: A330, S322
2013-2014: A416, S1380
2015-2016: A1821, S972
2019-2020: A816
2021-2022: A5107
2023-2024: A2463

2017-A2496 (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.

2017-A2496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2496
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, ORTIZ, JAFFEE --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, COOK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER,  HOOP-
   ER,  PERRY  --  read  once  and  referred  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.
   §  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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06302-01-7

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