Senate Bill S8881

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the office of victim services to provide notification of potential eligibility for awards following the death of a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime

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Current Bill Status - Delivered to Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8881 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4973
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§625-b, 840 & 214-h, Exec L

2023-S8881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of victim services to provide notification of potential eligibility for crime victims' awards; directs the state police and the municipal police training council to develop procedures for notifying next of kin of available programs and services upon in-person death notifications.

2023-S8881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8881
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the office
   of victim services to provide notification  of  potential  eligibility
   for  awards  following  the death of a victim of a crime who died as a
   direct result of such crime

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 625-b of the executive law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
 SERVICES,  IN COOPERATION WITH THE OFFICE, SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A
 STANDARDIZED PROCEDURE TO BE USED BY POLICE OFFICERS, COUNTY   SHERIFFS'
 DEPARTMENTS  AND STATE POLICE OFFICERS WHEREBY FAMILY MEMBERS AND DEPEN-
 DENTS WHO MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AWARDS UNDER THIS ARTICLE ARE NOTI-
 FIED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH AWARDS AND THE EXISTENCE OF  ANY  OTHER
 RELEVANT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 7 of section 840 of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 531 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  Develop,  maintain  and  disseminate,  in  collaboration with the
 office of victim services, a model law  enforcement  death  notification
 policy  setting  forth  recommended  policies  and  procedures regarding
 in-person death notifications to a deceased individual's  next  of  kin.
 Such  policies  and  procedures  shall make provisions for education and
 training of current and new police officers in  the  planning,  prepara-
 tion,  and  delivery of in-person death notifications, including but not
 limited to, policies and procedures for:
   (i) the identification of the deceased individual, the  collection  of
 accurate  information  regarding  the deceased individual, and the iden-
 tification of the deceased individual's next of kin; and
   (ii) the actual delivery  of  in-person  death  notifications  to  the
 deceased's  next of kin within twenty-four hours following the identifi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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