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                                  7714--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN, PEOPLES-STOKES, SEPULVEDA -- (at request
   of  the  Office  for Prevention of Domestic Violence) -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --  reported  and
   referred  to  the  Committee  on Codes -- reported and referred to the
   Committee on  Rules  --  Rules  Committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to the advisory council
   and the domestic violence fatality review team
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 575 of the execu-
 tive  law,  as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 491 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) The advisory council shall consist of nine members  and  [fifteen]
 SIXTEEN  ex-officio members. Each member shall be appointed to serve for
 a term of three years and shall continue in  office  until  a  successor
 appointed  member is made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be
 appointed for the unexpired term of the member he or she is to  succeed.
 All  of  the  members shall be individuals with expertise in the area of
 domestic violence. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, two
 members shall be appointed upon  the  recommendation  of  the  temporary
 president  of the senate, two members shall be appointed upon the recom-
 mendation of the speaker of the assembly, one member shall be  appointed
 upon  the  recommendation  of the minority leader of the senate, and one
 member shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader
 of the assembly. The ex-officio members  of  the  advisory  board  shall
 consist  of the director of the office, who shall chair the council, and
 the following members or their designees: the commissioner of the office
 of temporary and disability assistance; the commissioner of the  depart-
 ment  of  health;  the  commissioner  of  the  education department; the
 commissioner of the office of mental health;  the  commissioner  of  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services; the commissioner of
 the division of criminal justice services;  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE
 DIVISION  OF  STATE  POLICE; the director of the office of probation and
 correctional  alternatives;  the  commissioner of the office of children
 and family services; the director of the office of victim services;  the
 chief  administrative  judge  of the office of court administration; the
 commissioner of the department of  labor;  the  director  of  the  state
 office  for the aging; the commissioner of the department of corrections
 and community supervision; the chief executive officer of the  New  York
 state coalition against domestic violence; and the executive director of
 the New York state coalition against sexual assault.
   §  2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 10 of section 575 of the executive
 law, as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 491 of the laws of 2012,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (d) Members of a domestic  violence  fatality  review  team  shall  be
 appointed  by  the executive director, in consultation with the advisory
 council, and shall include, but not be limited  to,  one  representative
 from the office of children and family services, the office of temporary
 and  disability  assistance,  the division of criminal justice services,
 the state police, the department of health, the office of court adminis-
 tration, the office of  probation  and  correctional  alternatives,  the
 department  of  corrections  and  community  supervision,  THE OFFICE OF
 VICTIM SERVICES, at least one representative from local law enforcement,
 a county prosecutor's office, a local social services district, a member
 of the judiciary, and a domestic violence services program  approved  by
 the office of children and family services. A domestic violence fatality
 review  team  may  also  include  representatives  from  sexual  assault
 services programs, public health,  mental  health  and  substance  abuse
 agencies,  hospitals, clergy, local school districts, local divisions of
 probation, local offices of the department of corrections and  community
 supervision,  the  office  of the medical examiner or coroner, any local
 domestic violence task force, coordinating council or other  interagency
 entity  that meets regularly to support a coordinated community response
 to domestic violence, any other program that provides services to domes-
 tic violence victims, or any other person necessary to the work  of  the
 team, including survivors of domestic violence.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.