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                                   8401
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to establishing a sexual assault survivor bill of rights; and to amend
   the executive law, in relation to establishing  a  victim's  right  to
   notice and requiring a study relating to the feasibility of establish-
   ing a statewide tracking system for sexual offense evidence kits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i of the public health law is
 renumbered subdivision 8, and two new subdivisions 6 and 7 are added  to
 read as follows:
   6.  (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES, THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LAW  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  VICTIM
 SERVICES,  SHALL  ESTABLISH A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR BILL OF RIGHTS FOR
 PURPOSES OF INFORMING SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIMS OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER STATE
 LAW. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM:
   (1) THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO CONSULT WITH A  LOCAL  RAPE  CRISIS  OR
 VICTIM  ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION, TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH ORGAN-
 IZATION ACCOMPANY THE VICTIM THROUGH THE SEXUAL OFFENSE EXAMINATION, AND
 TO HAVE SUCH AN ORGANIZATION BE SUMMONED BY THE MEDICAL FACILITY, POLICE
 AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF  THE  PHYSICAL
 EXAMINATION  OR  INTERVIEW,  UNLESS  NO RAPE CRISIS OR VICTIM ASSISTANCE
 ORGANIZATION CAN BE SUMMONED IN A REASONABLY TIMELY MANNER;
   (2) THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO BE  OFFERED  AND  HAVE  MADE  AVAILABLE
 APPROPRIATE  POST-EXPOSURE  TREATMENT  THERAPIES,  INCLUDING A SEVEN DAY
 STARTER PACK OF HIV POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS, IN  CASES  WHERE  IT  HAS
 BEEN DETERMINED THAT A SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO HIV HAS OCCURRED;
   (3)  THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATING TO AND THE PROVISION OF
 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED
 FIVE-P OF THIS ARTICLE;
 
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   (4)  THE RIGHT TO BE OFFERED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE AGENCY
 OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL OFFENSE AND BE
 INFORMED, UPON REQUEST OF THE  VICTIM,  WITH  NOTICE  OF  THE  DATE  AND
 LOCATION  UPON  WHICH THEIR SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT WAS ASSESSED FOR
 COMBINED  DNA  INDEX  SYSTEM (CODIS) ELIGIBILITY AND ANALYZED, WHETHER A
 CODIS ELIGIBLE PROFILE WAS DEVELOPED AND/OR A DNA MATCH WAS  IDENTIFIED,
 AND  THE  ESTIMATED  DESTRUCTION  DATE,  IF  ANY, FOR THE SEXUAL OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE KIT IN A MANNER OF  COMMUNICATION  DESIGNATED  BY  THE  VICTIM,
 UNLESS SUCH INFORMATION WOULD IMPEDE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION; AND
   (5) THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED WHEN THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF
 THEIR CASE OR REOPENING OF THE CASE.
   (B)  BEFORE  A  MEDICAL FACILITY COMMENCES A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF A
 SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM,  OR  A  POLICE  AGENCY  OR  PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY
 COMMENCES  AN  INTERVIEW  OF  A  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  VICTIM, THE HEALTHCARE
 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTING THE EXAM, POLICE AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY
 SHALL  INFORM  THE VICTIM OF HIS OR HER RIGHTS AND PROVIDE A COPY OF THE
 SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR BILL OF RIGHTS.
   7. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF  VICTIM  SERVICES
 AND  THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY ON
 THE MAINTENANCE OF SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE  KITS,  SUCH  THAT  IT  SHALL
 DETERMINE  THE  FEASIBILITY  AND THE BENEFITS OF INCREASING THE TIME AND
 MANNER IN WHICH HOSPITALS MUST MAINTAIN SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE  KITS.
 THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FINDINGS AND
 RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT, IF ANY, CHANGES SHOULD  BE  MADE  TO  THE  LAWS
 RELATING  THERETO TO INCREASE THE TIME AND MANNER HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED
 TO MAINTAIN SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE,  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE MAY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
   §  2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 838-a of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2017, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (f)  The  failure  of  any such police agency, prosecutorial agency or
 forensic laboratory to comply with [a  time  limit  specified  in]  this
 section  OR  SECTION  EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-B OF THIS ARTICLE shall
 not, in and of itself, constitute a  basis  for  a  motion  to  suppress
 evidence  in  accordance  with  section 710.20 of the criminal procedure
 law.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 838-a of the executive law is renumbered
 subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   3. EACH POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL
 ADOPT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING CONTACT WITH  THE  VICTIMS  AND
 THE  PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO VICTIMS, UPON REQUEST, CONCERNING THEIR
 SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS.  THE  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  SHALL  BE
 EVIDENCE-BASED  AND  SURVIVOR-FOCUSED AND SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, A
 REQUIREMENT THAT:
   (A) THE POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY DESIGNATE AT LEAST  ONE
 PERSON,  WHO IS TRAINED IN TRAUMA AND VICTIM RESPONSE, WITHIN ITS AGENCY
 TO RECEIVE ALL INQUIRIES CONCERNING SEXUAL OFFENSE  EVIDENCE  KITS  FROM
 VICTIMS; AND
   (B)  AT  THE  TIME  THAT A SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT IS COLLECTED, A
 VICTIM BE PROVIDED WITH GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE AGEN-
 CY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER  THE  SEXUAL  ASSAULT
 OFFENSE.
   §  4.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 838-b to
 read as follows:

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   § 838-B. VICTIM'S RIGHT TO NOTICE: EACH POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORI-
 AL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSE SHALL,  UPON
 REQUEST  OF THE VICTIM, PROVIDE THE SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM WITH NOTICE OF
 THE DATE AND LOCATION UPON WHICH HIS OR HER SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE  KIT
 WAS  ASSESSED FOR CODIS ELIGIBILITY AND ANALYZED, WHETHER A CODIS ELIGI-
 BLE PROFILE WAS DEVELOPED AND/OR A DNA MATCH  WAS  IDENTIFIED,  AND  THE
 ESTIMATED  DESTRUCTION DATE, IF ANY, FOR THE KIT IN A MANNER OF COMMUNI-
 CATION DESIGNATED BY THE VICTIM, UNLESS SUCH INFORMATION WOULD IMPEDE AN
 ONGOING INVESTIGATION, AS OUTLINED IN THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS  BILL
 OF  RIGHTS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWENTY-
 EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-I OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 5. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  838-c  to
 read as follows:
   §  838-C.  STUDY AND REPORT ON ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE SEXUAL OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE KIT TRACKING SYSTEM.  THE DIVISION SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY RELAT-
 ING TO THE  FEASIBILITY  OF  ESTABLISHING  A  STATEWIDE  SEXUAL  OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE  KIT  TRACKING  SYSTEM  TO STREAMLINE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRACKING,
 CREATE GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY  IN  ENSURING  COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS ARTICLE AND TO PROVIDE A WAY FOR SURVIVORS TO CHECK THE STATUS
 OF HIS OR HER SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS,
 FROM COLLECTION TO CONVICTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT OF
 THE  DIVISION'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  ON  OR
 BEFORE MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately, except that:
   (a) Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i of the public health law, as added
 by section one of this act, shall take effect on the ninetieth day after
 this  act  shall have become a law; provided that, effective immediately
 the department of health is authorized to establish and  make  available
 the  sexual  assault survivor bill of rights, required to be established
 pursuant to such subdivision, on or before the effective  date  thereof;
 and
   (b)  sections two, three and four of this act shall take effect on the
 ninetieth day after this act shall have become a law, provided  that  if
 section  838-a  of  the  executive law shall not have taken effect on or
 before such date, then sections two and three of  this  act  shall  take
 effect  on  the  same date and manner as section 2 of chapter 500 of the
 laws of 2016, as amended.

                            
 
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                                  8401--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMOTAS, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Health  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to establishing a sexual assault survivor bill of rights; and to amend
   the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  maintenance  of sexual assault
   evidence, establishing a victim's right to notice prior to destruction
   and requiring a study relating to the feasibility  of  establishing  a
   statewide tracking system for sexual offense evidence kits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2805-i of the public  health  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  504 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The sexual offense evidence shall be collected and kept in a locked
 separate and secure area for not less than thirty days unless: (a)  such
 evidence  is  not privileged and the police request its surrender before
 that time, which request shall be complied with; or (b) such evidence is
 privileged and (i) the alleged sexual offense victim nevertheless  gives
 permission  to  turn  such privileged evidence over to the police before
 that time, or (ii) the alleged sexual offense victim signs  a  statement
 directing the hospital to not collect and keep such privileged evidence,
 which  direction  shall  be  complied  with. The sexual offense evidence
 shall include, but not be limited to, slides, cotton swabs, clothing and
 other items. Where appropriate such items must be refrigerated  and  the
 clothes  and swabs must be dried, stored in paper bags and labeled. Each
 item of evidence shall be marked and logged with a  code  number  corre-
 sponding  to  the  patient's  medical record. The alleged sexual offense
 [victim] SURVIVOR shall be notified [that after thirty days, the refrig-

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 erated] TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE,  THAT
 THE  evidence  will  be  [discarded  in  compliance with state and local
 health codes and the alleged sexual offense  victim's  clothes  will  be
 returned  to the alleged sexual offense victim upon request] TRANSFERRED
 TO A CENTRALIZED LOCATION TO BE MAINTAINED FOR  AT  LEAST  TWENTY  YEARS
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
 THE SURVIVOR SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF PROVIDING CONTACT  INFORMATION
 SHOULD  HE  OR  SHE WISH TO RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE PLANNED DESTRUCTION OF
 THE EVIDENCE AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TWENTY YEAR PERIOD.
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i  of  the  public  health  law  is
 renumbered  subdivision  7  and  a new subdivision 6 is added to read as
 follows:
   6. (A) THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE  SERVICES,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LAW  AND  THE  OFFICE OF VICTIM
 SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH HOSPITALS, OTHER  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS
 AND  VICTIM  ADVOCACY  ORGANIZATIONS,  SHALL  ESTABLISH A SEXUAL ASSAULT
 SURVIVOR BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PURPOSES OF INFORMING SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIMS
 OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER STATE LAW. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS SHALL BE IN  PLAIN,
 EASY TO UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE, AND INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM:
   (1)  THE  RIGHT  OF  THE VICTIM TO CONSULT WITH A LOCAL RAPE CRISIS OR
 VICTIM ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION, TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH  ORGAN-
 IZATION  ACCOMPANY  THE  VICTIM  THROUGH  THE SEXUAL OFFENSE EXAMINATION
 UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE AND  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  AND  TO  HAVE  SUCH AN ORGANIZATION BE SUMMONED BY THE MEDICAL
 FACILITY, POLICE AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY BEFORE THE  COMMENCEMENT
 OF  THE  PHYSICAL  EXAMINATION  OR  INTERVIEW,  UNLESS NO RAPE CRISIS OR
 VICTIM ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION CAN BE SUMMONED;
   (2) THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO BE OFFERED AND HAVE MADE  AVAILABLE  AT
 NO COST APPROPRIATE POST-EXPOSURE TREATMENT THERAPIES, INCLUDING A SEVEN
 DAY STARTER PACK OF HIV POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS UNDER PARAGRAPH (C) OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW;
   (3) THE RIGHT TO A HEALTH CARE FORENSIC EXAMINATION AT NO COST AND THE
 RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE OPTION TO DECLINE TO PROVIDE PRIVATE  HEALTH
 INSURANCE  INFORMATION  AND HAVE THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES REIMBURSE
 THE HOSPITAL FOR THE EXAMINATION UNDER SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN  OF  SECTION
 SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW;
   (4)  THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATING TO AND THE PROVISION OF
 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION UNDER SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIVE-P  OF
 THIS ARTICLE;
   (5)  THE RIGHT TO BE OFFERED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE AGENCY
 OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL OFFENSE AND BE
 INFORMED, UPON REQUEST OF THE  VICTIM,  WITH  NOTICE  OF  THE  DATE  AND
 LOCATION  UPON  WHICH THEIR SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT WAS ASSESSED FOR
 COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM (CODIS) ELIGIBILITY AND  ANALYZED,  WHETHER  A
 CODIS ELIGIBLE PROFILE WAS DEVELOPED AND/OR A DNA MATCH WAS IDENTIFIED;
   (6)  THE  RIGHT  TO BE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF AN UNREPORTED
 SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT FROM THE HOSPITAL TO A  CENTRALIZED  STORAGE
 FACILITY,  THE  RIGHT  TO HAVE AN UNREPORTED SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT
 MAINTAINED AT A CENTRALIZED STORAGE FACILITY FOR AT LEAST  TWENTY  YEARS
 AND  THE  RIGHT  TO BE NOTIFIED BY SUCH FACILITY IN A MANNER OF COMMUNI-
 CATION DESIGNATED BY THE VICTIM AT  LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  IN  ADVANCE  OF
 PLANNED  DESTRUCTION  OF  THE  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE KIT PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF  THE  EXECU-
 TIVE LAW; AND

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   (7) THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED WHEN THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF
 HIS OR HER CASE OR REOPENING OF THE CASE.
   (B)  BEFORE  A  MEDICAL FACILITY COMMENCES A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF A
 SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM,  OR  A  POLICE  AGENCY  OR  PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY
 COMMENCES  AN  INTERVIEW  OF  A  SEXUAL  OFFENSE VICTIM, THE HEALTH CARE
 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTING THE EXAM, POLICE AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY
 SHALL  INFORM  THE VICTIM OF HIS OR HER RIGHTS AND PROVIDE A COPY OF THE
 SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR BILL OF RIGHTS.
   § 3. Section 838-a of the executive law, as amended by  chapter  6  of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 838-a. Maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits. 1. The following
 requirements  shall  apply to all sexual offense evidence kits REPORTED,
 surrendered to or collected by, at the request of, or  with  cooperation
 of  a  police  agency  or  prosecutorial agency, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
 VICTIM:
   (a) Each such police agency and prosecutorial agency shall submit  any
 sexual offense evidence kits in its custody or control to an appropriate
 forensic laboratory within ten days of receipt.
   (b)  Each  forensic  laboratory receiving sexual offense evidence kits
 after the effective date of this  section  shall  assess  case  specific
 information  for  Combined  DNA Index System (CODIS) eligibility and, if
 eligible, analyze  the  kits  and  attempt  to  develop  CODIS  eligible
 profiles  of any potential perpetrators from the evidence submitted. The
 forensic lab shall report the  results  to  the  submitting  agency  and
 appropriate  prosecutorial  entity within ninety days after receipt of a
 kit.
   (c) Each police agency and prosecutorial agency that has one  or  more
 sexual  offense  evidence  kit  in  its custody or control shall, within
 ninety days after the effective date of this paragraph,  inventory  such
 kits and report the total number of such kits to the division and to the
 forensic  laboratory where such kits will be submitted pursuant to para-
 graph (a) of this subdivision. The division shall provide such  invento-
 ries  to  the  senate  and assembly leaders by March first, two thousand
 seventeen. Every police  and  prosecutorial  agency  shall  update  this
 report each month thereafter until paragraph (a) of this subdivision has
 become effective.
   (d)  Each  police  agency  and prosecutorial agency that, prior to the
 effective date of paragraph (a) of this subdivision,  has  one  or  more
 sexual  offense  evidence  kits  in its custody or control shall, within
 thirty days after  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  submit  all
 untested  kits  in  its possession or control to an appropriate forensic
 laboratory.
   (e) Each forensic laboratory, within one  hundred  twenty  days  after
 receiving  each sexual offense evidence kit pursuant to paragraph (d) of
 this subdivision shall assess case specific information for CODIS eligi-
 bility and, if eligible, analyze the kits and attempt to  develop  CODIS
 eligible profiles for any potential perpetrators and shall, within nine-
 ty  days of such assessment, report the results to the submitting agency
 and the appropriate prosecutorial entity.
   (f) The failure of any such police  agency,  prosecutorial  agency  or
 forensic  laboratory  to  comply  with  [a time limit specified in] this
 section OR SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-B OF  THIS  ARTICLE  shall
 not,  in  and  of  itself,  constitute  a basis for a motion to suppress
 evidence in accordance with section 710.20  of  the  criminal  procedure
 law.

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   2. (a) Each forensic laboratory in the state shall report to the divi-
 sion,  on  a  quarterly basis, in writing, on (i) the number of REPORTED
 sexual offense evidence kits it received UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  (ii)  the  number  of  such  kits processed for the purpose of
 developing  Combined  DNA  Index System (CODIS) eligible profiles of any
 potential perpetrators, and (iii) the number of REPORTED kits not  proc-
 essed  for  testing, including, the reason such kits were ineligible for
 processing.
   (b) Each police agency and prosecutorial agency shall  report  to  the
 division  on a quarterly basis, in writing, on (i) the number of all the
 sexual offense evidence kits it received, (ii) the number of  such  kits
 it  submitted  to a forensic laboratory for processing, (iii) the number
 of kits in its custody or control that have not been processed for test-
 ing, and (iv) the length of time between  receipt  of  any  such  sexual
 offense  evidence kit and the submission of any such kit to the forensic
 laboratory.
   (c) The division shall provide to the senate and assembly leaders such
 quarterly reports received from the forensic labs and police and  prose-
 cutorial agencies pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision
 by January first, two thousand eighteen and annually thereafter.
   3. EACH POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL
 ADOPT  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES CONCERNING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIMS AND
 THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO VICTIMS, UPON REQUEST, CONCERNING  THEIR
 SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE  KITS.  THE  POLICIES  AND PROCEDURES SHALL BE
 SURVIVOR-FOCUSED,  MEANING  SYSTEMATICALLY  FOCUSED  ON  THE  NEEDS  AND
 CONCERNS  OF A VICTIM TO ENSURE THE COMPASSIONATE AND SENSITIVE DELIVERY
 OF SERVICES IN A NONJUDGEMENTAL MANNER, AND SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM,
 A REQUIREMENT THAT:
   (A) THE POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY DESIGNATE AT LEAST  ONE
 PERSON,  WHO  IS TRAINED IN TRAUMA AND VICTIM RESPONSE THROUGH A PROGRAM
 MEETING MINIMUM  STANDARDS  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE  SERVICES FOLLOWING NATIONAL GUIDELINES FROM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, WITHIN ITS AGENCY TO  RECEIVE
 ALL INQUIRIES CONCERNING SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS FROM VICTIMS; AND
   (B)  AT  THE  TIME  THAT A SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT IS COLLECTED, A
 VICTIM SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH CONTACT  INFORMATION,  INCLUDING  A  PHONE
 NUMBER  AND E-MAIL ADDRESS, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED BY SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION AT THE POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY  WITH
 JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSE.
   4.  UNREPORTED  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE KITS, MEANING SEXUAL OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE KITS COLLECTED IN INSTANCES IN WHICH A VICTIM HAS NOT CONSENTED
 TO REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR  AT  LEAST  TWENTY
 YEARS  IN  A  SECURE, CENTRALIZED LOCATION DESIGNATED BY THE DIVISION OF
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH HOSPITALS, OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND VICTIM  ADVOCACY  ORGAN-
 IZATIONS, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION FEDERAL GUIDANCE PERTAINING TO MAIN-
 TENANCE  OF  SEXUAL  OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS. SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS
 MAINTAINED FOR TWENTY YEARS  OR  MORE  SHALL  ONLY  BE  DESTRUCTED  UPON
 PROVIDING  AT  LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  NOTICE TO THE VICTIM, IN THE FORM OF
 COMMUNICATION DESIGNATED BY THE VICTIM, OF SUCH PLANNED DESTRUCTION.
   5. The division shall undertake actions designed to  ensure  that  all
 police agencies and prosecutorial agencies in the state and all forensic
 laboratories are educated and aware of the provisions of this section.
   §  4.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 838-b to
 read as follows:

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   § 838-B. VICTIM'S RIGHT TO NOTICE. EACH POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORI-
 AL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSE SHALL,  UPON
 REQUEST  OF  THE  VICTIM WHO HAS CONSENTED TO REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,
 PROVIDE THE SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM WITH NOTICE OF THE DATE  AND  LOCATION
 UPON WHICH HIS OR HER SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT WAS ASSESSED FOR CODIS
 ELIGIBILITY  AND  ANALYZED,  AND  WHETHER  A  CODIS ELIGIBLE PROFILE WAS
 DEVELOPED AND/OR A DNA MATCH WAS IDENTIFIED. THE POLICE OR PROSECUTORIAL
 AGENCY IN POSSESSION OF THE REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT
 SHALL NOTIFY THE SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS  IN  ADVANCE
 OF  ANY  PLANNED  DESTRUCTION  OF THEIR SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT IN A
 MANNER OF COMMUNICATION DESIGNATED BY THE VICTIM, UNLESS  SUCH  INFORMA-
 TION WOULD IMPEDE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
   §  5.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 838-c to
 read as follows:
   § 838-C. STUDY AND REPORT ON ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE  SEXUAL  OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE  KIT  TRACKING  SYSTEM.  THE DIVISION SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY AND
 DEVELOP A PLAN, IN CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS  INCLUDING  HOSPITALS,
 OTHER  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, EVIDENCE MANAG-
 ERS, FORENSIC LABORATORIES, PROSECUTORS, AND VICTIM  ADVOCACY  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS,  TO  ESTABLISH  A  STATEWIDE SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT TRACKING
 SYSTEM, TO STREAMLINE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRACKING, CREATE GREATER TRANSPAR-
 ENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE AND  TO
 PROVIDE  A WAY FOR SURVIVORS TO CHECK THE STATUS OF THEIR SEXUAL OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE  KIT  THROUGHOUT  THE  ENTIRE  PROCESS,  FROM   COLLECTION   TO
 CONVICTION.  THE  TRACKING SYSTEM SHALL BE SECURE AND ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY
 AUTHORIZED ENTITIES OR INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS  HOSPITALS,  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCIES,  EVIDENCE  MANGERS,  PROSECUTORS,  AND VICTIMS AND DESIGNED TO
 PROVIDE SECURE ELECTRONIC ACCESS THROUGH WHICH A VICTIM CAN  ANONYMOUSLY
 TRACK  THE STATUS OF THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KIT. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT OF THE DIVISION'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS  TO
 THE  GOVERNOR,  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that  the  divi-
 sion  of  criminal  justice  services  shall designate and establish the
 secure centralized location required by subdivision 4 of  section  838-a
 of  the executive law, as added by section three of this act, within 180
 days of the effective date of this  act;  and  provided,  further,  that
 notwithstanding  the  provisions  of section 2805-i of the public health
 law to the contrary, every hospital shall retain custody  of  unreported
 sexual  offense evidence kits until such time as the centralized storage
 facility is established and designated  pursuant  to  subdivision  4  of
 section 838-a of the executive law.

                            
 
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                                  8401--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMOTAS,  OTIS,  DINOWITZ,  DICKENS,  QUART,
   DE LA ROSA, NIOU, RIVERA, MOSLEY, BARRON, McDONALD, ZEBROWSKI, CROUCH,
   SIMON, GOTTFRIED, CAHILL, GIGLIO, HEVESI,  PELLEGRINO  --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by  --  M. of A.  ABBATE, BRAUNSTEIN, M. L. MILLER -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the  Commit-
   tee  on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to  establishing  a sexual assault victim bill of rights; and to amend
   the executive law,  in  relation  to  maintenance  of  sexual  assault
   evidence, establishing a victim's right to notice prior to destruction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i of the public health law is
 renumbered subdivision 7 and a new subdivision 6 is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  (A)  THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES, HOSPITALS, OTHER HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS AND VICTIM ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL PUBLISH A SEXUAL
 ASSAULT VICTIM BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PURPOSES OF INFORMING  SEXUAL  OFFENSE
 VICTIMS  OF  THEIR  RIGHTS UNDER STATE LAW. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS SHALL BE
 PROMINENTLY PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, IN AT LEAST  THE  TEN
 MOST COMMON LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THIS STATE, AND DISTRIBUTED TO HOSPITALS
 AS A DOCUMENT WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EVERY PRESENTING SEXUAL OFFENSE
 VICTIM.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  UPDATE THE BILL OF RIGHTS AS NECESSARY TO
 REFLECT CHANGES IN STATE LAW AND MORE ACCURATELY EXPLAIN THE  LAW.  SUCH
 BILL  OF  RIGHTS  SHALL  BE  IN  PLAIN, EASY TO UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE, AND
 INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11584-15-8
              

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   (1) CONSULT WITH A LOCAL RAPE CRISIS OR LOCAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE ORGAN-
 IZATION, TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF  SUCH  ORGANIZATION  ACCOMPANY  THE
 VICTIM  THROUGH  THE  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EXAMINATION,  AND TO HAVE SUCH AN
 ORGANIZATION BE SUMMONED BY THE MEDICAL FACILITY, POLICE AGENCY,  PROSE-
 CUTORIAL  AGENCY OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT
 OF THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OR INTERVIEW, PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (2) BE OFFERED AND HAVE MADE AVAILABLE AT NO COST APPROPRIATE POST-EX-
 POSURE TREATMENT THERAPIES, INCLUDING A SEVEN DAY STARTER  PACK  OF  HIV
 POST-EXPOSURE  PROPHYLAXIS  IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 THIRTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW;
   (3) A HEALTH CARE FORENSIC EXAMINATION AT NO COST AND THE RIGHT TO  BE
 NOTIFIED  OF  THE  OPTION TO DECLINE TO PROVIDE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
 INFORMATION AND HAVE THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES REIMBURSE THE  HOSPI-
 TAL  FOR  THE  EXAMINATION  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  THIRTEEN  OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW;
   (4) RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATING TO AND  THE  PROVISION  OF  EMERGENCY
 CONTRACEPTION  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-P OF
 THIS ARTICLE;
   (5) BE OFFERED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE AGENCY, PROSECUTORI-
 AL AGENCY OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY  WITH  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
 SEXUAL  OFFENSE AND BE INFORMED, UPON REQUEST OF THE VICTIM, OF THE DATE
 AND LOCATION AT WHICH SUCH SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT WAS ASSESSED  FOR
 COMBINED  DNA  INDEX  SYSTEM (CODIS) ELIGIBILITY AND ANALYZED, WHETHER A
 CODIS ELIGIBLE PROFILE WAS DEVELOPED AND WHETHER OR NOT A DNA MATCH  WAS
 IDENTIFIED, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY SERVING THE
 JURISDICTION MAY TEMPORARILY DELAY RELEASE OF SUCH DNA MATCH INFORMATION
 TO  THE VICTIM, PRIOR TO THE ARREST OF A SUSPECT ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMIT-
 TED SUCH OFFENSE, IF SUCH AGENCY DOCUMENTS IN WRITING AND  NOTIFIES  THE
 VICTIM  THAT RELEASE OF SUCH INFORMATION WOULD COMPROMISE THE SUCCESSFUL
 INVESTIGATION OF SUCH SEXUAL OFFENSE;
   (6) BE NOTIFIED BETWEEN THIRTY AND TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A
 SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT FROM THE HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER STORAGE FACILI-
 TY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (H) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS  SECTION,
 THE  RIGHT TO HAVE A SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT MAINTAINED AT AN APPRO-
 PRIATE STORAGE FACILITY FOR TWENTY YEARS FROM THE  DATE  OF  COLLECTION,
 THE  RIGHT,  IF  NOT  PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED TO, TO CONSENT TO RELEASE THE
 EVIDENCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ANY TIME DURING  THE  TWENTY  YEARS  FROM
 COLLECTION, AND THE RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED BY SUCH FACILITY AT LEAST NINE-
 TY  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  THE EXPIRATION OF THE TWENTY-YEAR STORAGE PERIOD IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (7) BE NOTIFIED BY THE PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OF JUDI-
 CIAL PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THEIR CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWEN-
 TY-THREE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; AND
   (8) DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE VICTIM WISHES TO REPORT THE OFFENSE  FOR
 INVESTIGATION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
   (B)  BEFORE  A  MEDICAL FACILITY COMMENCES A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF A
 SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM, OR A POLICE AGENCY, PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY OR OTHER
 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY  COMMENCES  AN  INTERVIEW  OF  A  SEXUAL  OFFENSE
 VICTIM, THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTING THE EXAM, POLICE AGENCY,
 PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY  OR  OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL INFORM THE
 VICTIM OF THE VICTIM'S RIGHTS AND PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS SEXUAL  ASSAULT
 VICTIM BILL OF RIGHTS.
   §  2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 838-a of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2017, is amended,  subdivision

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 3  is  renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read
 as follows:
   (f)  The  failure  of  any such police agency, prosecutorial agency or
 forensic laboratory to comply  with  a  time  limit  specified  in  this
 section  OR  SECTION  EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-B OF THIS ARTICLE shall
 not, in and of itself, constitute a  basis  for  a  motion  to  suppress
 evidence  in  accordance  with  section 710.20 of the criminal procedure
 law.
   3. EACH POLICE AGENCY, PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY AND OTHER LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY  WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL ADOPT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING
 CONTACT WITH VICTIMS OF SEXUAL OFFENSES, AND THE PROVISION  OF  INFORMA-
 TION  TO  VICTIMS  UPON  REQUEST,  CONCERNING  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE
 COLLECTED OR RECEIVED FROM THEM.  THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES  SHALL  BE
 VICTIM-FOCUSED, MEANING SYSTEMATICALLY FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS
 OF  VICTIMS  TO  ENSURE  THE  COMPASSIONATE  AND  SENSITIVE  DELIVERY OF
 SERVICES IN A NONJUDGEMENTAL MANNER, AND SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM,  A
 REQUIREMENT THAT:
   (A)  THE  POLICE AGENCY, PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE PERSON,  WHO  IS  TRAINED  IN  TRAUMA  AND
 VICTIM  RESPONSE THROUGH A PROGRAM MEETING MINIMUM STANDARDS ESTABLISHED
 BY THE DIVISION OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES,  FOLLOWING  APPROPRIATE
 GUIDELINES  ON  EVIDENCE-BASED,  TRAUMA-INFORMED  PRACTICES,  WHICH  MAY
 INCLUDE GUIDELINES FROM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICES
 ADMINISTRATION,  WITHIN  ITS  AGENCY TO RECEIVE ALL INQUIRIES CONCERNING
 SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS FROM VICTIMS; AND
   (B) AT THE TIME THAT A SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE  KIT  IS  COLLECTED,  A
 VICTIM  SHALL  BE PROVIDED WITH: (I) A COPY OF THE VICTIM BILL OF RIGHTS
 DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED  FIVE-F  OF
 THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH LAW; AND (II) CONTACT INFORMATION, INCLUDING A NAME,
 PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED  PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AT THE POLICE AGENCY, PROSECUTORIAL
 AGENCY OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL
 OFFENSE.
   §  3.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 838-b to
 read as follows:
   § 838-B. VICTIM'S RIGHT TO NOTICE. EACH POLICE  AGENCY,  PROSECUTORIAL
 AGENCY  AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER A SEXUAL
 OFFENSE SHALL, UPON REQUEST OF THE VICTIM WHO HAS  CONSENTED  TO  REPORT
 SUCH  OFFENSE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROVIDE THE SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM WITH
 NOTICE OF THE  DATE  AND  LOCATION  AT  WHICH  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE
 COLLECTED OR RECEIVED FROM SUCH VICTIM IS ASSESSED FOR CODIS ELIGIBILITY
 AND ANALYZED, WHETHER A CODIS ELIGIBLE PROFILE WAS DEVELOPED AND WHETHER
 OR  NOT A DNA MATCH WAS IDENTIFIED, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROSECU-
 TORIAL AGENCY SERVING THE JURISDICTION MAY TEMPORARILY DELAY RELEASE  OF
 SUCH  DNA  MATCH  INFORMATION  TO  THE  VICTIM, PRIOR TO THE ARREST OF A
 SUSPECT ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED SUCH OFFENSE, IF SUCH AGENCY DOCUMENTS
 IN WRITING AND NOTIFIES THE VICTIM  THAT  RELEASE  OF  SUCH  INFORMATION
 WOULD  COMPROMISE  THE  SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATION OF SUCH SEXUAL OFFENSE.
 THE POLICE OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY OR OTHER LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  IN
 POSSESSION  OF  A  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE KIT SHALL NOTIFY THE SEXUAL
 OFFENSE VICTIM AT LEAST NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE TWEN-
 TY-YEAR STORAGE PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (K)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-I OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law. Effective immediately, however, the addi-
 tion, amendment, and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to

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 implement the provisions of this act on its  effective  date,  including
 the  compiling  of  the sexual assault victim bill of rights required by
 section one of this act, are authorized and directed to be completed  on
 or before such effective date.