Assembly Bill A4195

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A4195 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §12, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10345

2023-A4195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.

2023-A4195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4195
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring the  office
   of  victim  assistance  to notify crime victims of the availability of
   victim support services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to
 read as follows:
   §  12.  VICTIM  SUPPORT SERVICES NOTICE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DIRECT
 THE OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE, UPON A  CONVICTION  FOR  ANY
 CRIME,  ANY  VICTIM,  OR  IN  THE CASE OF A HOMICIDE, A SURVIVING FAMILY
 MEMBER, OF SUCH CRIME WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  VICTIM
 SUPPORT  SERVICES  PROGRAMS  IN  THE  STATE.  SUCH  WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL
 INCLUDE A STATEWIDE LISTING OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE
 CRISIS  INTERVENTION,  ADVOCACY,  COUNSELING,  AND  OTHER VICTIM SUPPORT
 SERVICES AND SHALL INCLUDE A LINK TO THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE OF VICTIM
 SERVICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04627-01-3

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