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Jan 08, 2020 |
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May 20, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A7775
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEINSTEIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A7775 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A7775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7775 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab- lishing that domestic violence advocates may not disclose any communi- cation made by a client to the advocate except in certain circum- stances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4510 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by chapter 432 of the laws of 1993 and subdivision (d) as amended by section 49 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: § 4510. Rape crisis counselor OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE. (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Rape crisis program" means any office, institution or center which has been approved pursuant to subdivision fifteen of section two hundred six of the public health law, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER 432 OF THE LAWS OF 1993, offering counseling and assistance to clients concerning sexual offenses, sexual abuses or incest. 2. "Rape crisis counselor" means any person who has been certified by an approved rape crisis program as having satisfied the training stand- ards specified in subdivision fifteen of section two hundred six of the public health law, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER 432 OF THE LAWS OF 1993, and who, regardless of compensation, is acting under the direction and super- vision of an approved rape crisis program. 3. "Client" means (I) any person who is seeking or receiving the services of a rape crisis counselor for the purpose of securing coun- seling or assistance concerning any sexual offenses, sexual abuse, incest or attempts to commit sexual offenses, sexual abuse, or incest, as defined in the penal law; OR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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