NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7537

Senate Bill S7537

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2022	committed to rules
May 23, 2022	amended on third reading (t) 7537b
May 16, 2022	advanced to third reading
May 11, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 10, 2022	1st report cal.1221
Apr 20, 2022	print number 7537a
Apr 20, 2022	amend (t) and recommit to finance
Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
Nov 22, 2021	referred to finance

Votes

- May 10, 2022 - Finance Committee Vote
  S7537
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: May 10, 2022
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      absent (1)
      
      Parker

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2021-S7537 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9094
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add §576, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4443

2021-S7537 - Summary

Directs the office for the prevention of domestic violence to facilitate the establishment of five crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state to help individuals who have experienced violent crime, including individuals who suffered gunshot wounds, as well as victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, and hate crimes, and those who had a family member assaulted or killed, free of charge.

2021-S7537 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7537

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing
crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state;
and making an appropriation therefor

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation establishes five regional crime victim and trauma
survivor recovery centers across New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates five regional crime victim and trauma survivor recov-
ery centers in New York ensuring geographic coverage for all New York-
ers. These centers will focus on helping individuals who have been a
victim of a violent crime, including individuals who have suffered
gunshot wounds; been a victim of sexual assault; been a victim of domes-
tic violence; been a victim of human trafficking; been a victim of a

hate crime; or had a family member assaulted or killed.

Services to be offered shall include but not be limited to:  trauma-in-
formed clinical case management; evidence based individual, group and
family psychotherapy; crisis intervention; medication management; legal
advocacy; assistance with filing police reports and accessing victim
compensation funds; mental health services; help with relocation of an
individual when safety is threatened; and transportation to and from
medical appointments, court dates, and other related services.

Services are to be free of charge, and each crime victim and trauma
survivor recovery center shall work with community partners to educate
the local community to be more trauma informed.

Section 2 is a $10 million appropriation

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is well documented that the sooner an individual receives appropriate
supportive services to help address issues caused by being the victim of
a crime or the survivor of trauma, the better the outcome will be for
that individual. While one in four Americans have become victims of a
crime in the past decade, with half of those being violent crimes, fewer
than one third will receive the help needed to sufficiently recover.
Notably, young people of color have the highest likelihood to become the
victim of a crime, yet are the least likely to receive supportive
services. By establishing Crime Victim and Trauma Survivor Recovery
Centers, we can provide comprehensive, trauma-informed care to those
impacted, and advocate for better trauma-informed interventions within
the broader community.

Currently, crime victims and trauma survivors are forced to navigate a
hodgepodge of different providers to access legal services, trauma-in-
formed therapy, substance abuse treatment, and advocacy services that
can help put the pieces back together after a traumatic incident. More
often than not, victims of a crime are simply unable to meaningfully
access the critical care they desperately need and deserve because too
many barriers prevent them from doing so.

Given the documented links between trauma and criminality, increased
risk for violent or aggressive behavior, increased rates of alcohol and
substance abuse, and incidence of mental illness, it is vital to an
individual's longterm health and well-being, as well as the safety of
our broader community, to address trauma early with a full array of
targeted, accessible, evidence-based interventions.

This legislation seeks to provide intensive, holistic care to crime
victims and survivors of trauma in an affirming and supportive setting,
delivering justice, de-escalating crisis situations, restoring their
economic stability, and breaking the cycle of crime and violence in our
community.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

$10 million.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day.

2021-S7537 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7537
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   crime  victim  and  trauma  survivor  recovery  centers throughout the
   state; and making an appropriation therefor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 5 of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new title 12-B to read as follows:
                                TITLE 12-B
             CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS
 SECTION 370-E. CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS.
   §  370-E.  CRIME  VICTIM  AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS. 1. THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND  ESTABLISHMENT  OF,  AND
 DESIGNATE,  FIVE  REGIONAL  CRIME  VICTIM  AND  TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY
 CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES  AND
 CRITERIA  FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SUCH CENTERS ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC COVER-
 AGE ACROSS THE STATE CONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION.
   2. SUCH CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS SHALL  FOCUS
 ON HELPING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE:
   (A)  BEEN  A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
 SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS;
   (B) BEEN A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT;
   (C) BEEN A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
   (D) BEEN A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING;
   (E) BEEN A VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME; OR
   (F) HAD A FAMILY MEMBER ASSAULTED OR KILLED.
   3. THE FOLLOWING SERVICES TO BE OFFERED AT THE CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA
 SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  TITLE  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) TRAUMA-INFORMED CLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13675-04-1

 S. 7537                             2
 
   (B) EVIDENCE-BASED INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY;
   (C) CRISIS INTERVENTION;
   (D) MEDICATION MANAGEMENT;
   (E) LEGAL ADVOCACY;
   (F) ASSISTANCE WITH FILING POLICE REPORTS AND ACCESSING VICTIM COMPEN-
 SATION FUNDS;
   (G) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;
   (H)  HELP  WITH RELOCATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHEN SAFETY IS THREATENED;
 AND
   (I) TRANSPORTATION AID TO AND FROM MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, COURT  DATES,
 AND OTHER RELATED EVENTS.
   4.  THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY
 CENTERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  PROVIDED
 FREE OF CHARGE AND NO INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING TREATMENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
 THE COST OF ANY SUCH SERVICES.
   5.  EACH  CRIME  VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTER SHALL WORK
 WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EDUCATE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN  ORDER  TO  BE
 MORE  TRAUMA  INFORMED.   "COMMUNITY PARTNERS" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS,  SOCIAL  SERVICES  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS AND HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
   §  2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby appropri-
 ated to the department of social services out of any moneys in the state
 treasury in the general fund to  the  credit  of  the  local  assistance
 account, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for
 the  purpose  of  carrying  out the provisions of this act.  Such moneys
 shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the department of social services in the manner
 prescribed by law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2021-S7537A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9094
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add §576, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4443

2021-S7537A - Summary

2021-S7537A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7537A

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing
crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation establishes five regional crime victim and trauma
survivor recovery centers across New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates five regional crime victim and trauma survivor recov-
ery centers in New York ensuring geographic coverage for all New York-
ers. These centers will focus on helping individuals who have been a
victim of a violent crime, including individuals who have suffered
gunshot wounds; been a victim of sexual assault; been a victim of domes-
tic violence; been a victim of human trafficking; been a victim of a
hate crime; or had a family member assaulted or killed.

Services to be offered shall include but not be limited to:  trauma-in-
formed clinical case management; evidence based individual, group and
family psychotherapy; crisis intervention; medication management; legal
advocacy; assistance with filing police reports and accessing victim
compensation funds; mental health services; help with relocation of an
individual when safety is threatened; and transportation to and from
medical appointments, court dates, and other related services.

Services are to be free of charge, and each crime victim and trauma
survivor recovery center shall work with community partners to educate
the local community to be more trauma informed.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is well documented that the sooner an individual receives appropriate
supportive services to help address issues caused by being the victim of
a crime or the survivor of trauma, the better the outcome will be for
that individual. While one in four Americans have become victims of a
crime in the past decade, with half of those being violent crimes, fewer
than one third will receive the help needed to sufficiently recover.
Notably, young people of color have the highest likelihood to become the
victim of a crime, yet are the least likely to receive supportive
services. By establishing Crime Victim and Trauma Survivor Recovery
Centers, we can provide comprehensive, trauma-informed care to those
impacted, and advocate for better trauma-informed interventions within
the broader community.

Currently, crime victims and trauma survivors are forced to navigate a
hodgepodge of different providers to access legal services, trauma-in-
formed therapy, substance abuse treatment, and advocacy services that
can help put the pieces back together after a traumatic incident. More
often than not, victims of a crime are simply unable to meaningfully
access the critical care they desperately need and deserve because too
many barriers prevent them from doing so.
Given the documented links between trauma and criminality, increased
risk for violent or aggressive behavior, increased rates of alcohol and
substance abuse, and incidence of mental illness, it is vital to an
individual's longterm health and well-being, as well as the safety of
our broader community, to address trauma early with a full array of
targeted, accessible, evidence-based interventions.

This legislation seeks to provide intensive, holistic care to crime
victims and survivors of trauma in an affirming and supportive setting,
delivering justice, de-escalating crisis situations, restoring their
economic stability, and breaking the cycle of crime and violence in our
community.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To Be Determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day.

2021-S7537A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7537--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAPLAN, BROUK, SEPULVEDA, THOMAS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Finance  -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with
   Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to establishing
   crime victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 5 of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new title 12-B to read as follows:
                                TITLE 12-B
             CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS
 SECTION 370-E. CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS.
   §  370-E.  CRIME  VICTIM  AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS. 1. THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND  ESTABLISHMENT  OF,  AND
 DESIGNATE,  FIVE  REGIONAL  CRIME  VICTIM  AND  TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY
 CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES  AND
 CRITERIA  FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SUCH CENTERS ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC COVER-
 AGE ACROSS THE STATE CONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION.
   2. SUCH CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS SHALL  FOCUS
 ON HELPING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE:
   (A)  BEEN  A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
 SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS;
   (B) BEEN A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT;
   (C) BEEN A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
   (D) BEEN A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING;
   (E) BEEN A VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME; OR
   (F) HAD A FAMILY MEMBER ASSAULTED OR KILLED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13675-05-2
 S. 7537--A                          2

   3. THE FOLLOWING SERVICES TO BE OFFERED AT THE CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA
 SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  TITLE  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) TRAUMA-INFORMED CLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT;
   (B) EVIDENCE-BASED INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY;
   (C) CRISIS INTERVENTION;
   (D) MEDICATION MANAGEMENT;
   (E) LEGAL ADVOCACY;
   (F) ASSISTANCE WITH FILING POLICE REPORTS AND ACCESSING VICTIM COMPEN-
 SATION FUNDS;
   (G) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;
   (H)  HELP  WITH RELOCATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHEN SAFETY IS THREATENED;
 AND
   (I) TRANSPORTATION AID TO AND FROM MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, COURT  DATES,
 AND OTHER RELATED EVENTS.
   4.  THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY
 CENTERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  PROVIDED
 FREE OF CHARGE AND NO INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING TREATMENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
 THE COST OF ANY SUCH SERVICES.
   5.  EACH  CRIME  VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTER SHALL WORK
 WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EDUCATE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN  ORDER  TO  BE
 MORE  TRAUMA  INFORMED.   "COMMUNITY PARTNERS" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS,  SOCIAL  SERVICES  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS AND HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9094
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add §576, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4443

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7537B

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing crime
victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation establishes five regional crime victim and trauma
survivor recovery centers across New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 would task the Office for the prevention of Domestic Violence
with creating five regional crime victim and trauma survivor recovery
centers in New York ensuring geographic coverage for all New Yorkers.
These centers will focus on helping individuals who have been a victim
of a violent crime, including individuals who have suffered gunshot
wounds; been a victim of sexual assault; been a victim of domestic
violence; been a victim of human trafficking; been a victim of a hate

crime; or had a family member assaulted or killed.

Services to be offered shall include but not be limited to:  trauma-in-
formed clinical case management; evidence based individual, group and
family psychotherapy; crisis intervention; medication management; legal
advocacy; assistance with filing police reports and accessing victim
compensation funds; mental health services; help with relocation of an
individual when safety is threatened; and transportation to and from
medical appointments, court dates, and other related services.

Services are to be free of charge, and each crime victim and trauma
survivor recovery center shall work with community partners to educate
the local community to be more trauma informed.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is well documented that the sooner an individual receives appropriate
supportive services to help address issues caused by being the victim of
a crime or the survivor of trauma, the better the outcome will be for
that individual. While one in four Americans have become victims of a
crime in the past decade, with half of those being violent crimes, fewer
than one third will receive the help needed to sufficiently recover.
Notably, young people of color have the highest likelihood to become the
victim of a crime, yet are the least likely to receive supportive
services. By establishing Crime Victim and Trauma Survivor Recovery
Centers, we can provide comprehensive, trauma-informed care to those
impacted, and advocate for better trauma-informed interventions within
the broader community.

Currently, crime victims and trauma survivors are forced to navigate a
hodgepodge of different providers to access legal services, trauma-in-
formed therapy, substance abuse treatment, and advocacy services that
can help put the pieces back together after a traumatic incident. More
often than not, victims of a crime are simply unable to meaningfully

access the critical care they desperately need and deserve because too
many barriers prevent them from doing so.

Given the documented links between trauma and criminality, increased
risk for violent or aggressive behavior, increased rates of alcohol and
substance abuse, and incidence of mental illness, it is vital to an
individual's long term health and well-being, as well as the safety of
our broader community, to address trauma early with a full array of
targeted, accessible, evidence-based interventions.

This legislation seeks to provide intensive, holistic care to crime
victims and survivors of trauma in an affirming and supportive setting,
delivering justice, de-escalating crisis situations, restoring their
economic stability, and breaking the cycle of crime and violence in our
community.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To Be Determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day.

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7537--B
     Cal. No. 1221
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAPLAN, BROUK, SEPULVEDA, THOMAS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Finance  -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with
   Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  establishing  crime
   victim and trauma survivor recovery centers throughout the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 576 to
 read as follows:
   § 576. CRIME VICTIM AND  TRAUMA  SURVIVOR  RECOVERY  CENTERS.  1.  THE
 OFFICE  FOR  THE  PREVENTION  OF  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHALL FACILITATE THE
 DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF, AND  DESIGNATE,  FIVE  REGIONAL  CRIME
 VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE. THE OFFICE
 FOR  THE  PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND
 CRITERIA FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SUCH CENTERS ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC  COVER-
 AGE ACROSS THE STATE CONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION.
   2.  SUCH CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTERS SHALL FOCUS
 ON HELPING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE:
   (A) BEEN A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS  WHO  HAVE
 SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS;
   (B) BEEN A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT;
   (C) BEEN A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
   (D) BEEN A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING;
   (E) BEEN A VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME; OR
   (F) HAD A FAMILY MEMBER ASSAULTED OR KILLED.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13675-07-2

 S. 7537--B                          2
 
   3. THE FOLLOWING SERVICES TO BE OFFERED AT THE CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA
 SURVIVOR  RECOVERY  CENTERS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) TRAUMA-INFORMED CLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT;
   (B) EVIDENCE-BASED INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY;
   (C) CRISIS INTERVENTION;
   (D) MEDICATION MANAGEMENT;
   (E) LEGAL ADVOCACY;
   (F) ASSISTANCE WITH FILING POLICE REPORTS AND ACCESSING VICTIM COMPEN-
 SATION FUNDS;
   (G) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;
   (H)  HELP  WITH RELOCATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHEN SAFETY IS THREATENED;
 AND
   (I) TRANSPORTATION AID TO AND FROM MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, COURT  DATES,
 AND OTHER RELATED EVENTS.
   4.  THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY CRIME VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY
 CENTERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  PROVIDED
 FREE OF CHARGE AND NO INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING TREATMENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
 THE COST OF ANY SUCH SERVICES.
   5.  EACH  CRIME  VICTIM AND TRAUMA SURVIVOR RECOVERY CENTER SHALL WORK
 WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EDUCATE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN  ORDER  TO  BE
 MORE  TRAUMA  INFORMED.   "COMMUNITY PARTNERS" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS,  SOCIAL  SERVICES  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS AND HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2021-S7537 - Details

2021-S7537 - Summary

2021-S7537 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7537 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S7537A - Details

2021-S7537A - Summary

2021-S7537A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7537A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7537B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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