Legislation
SECTION 643
Fair treatment standards for crime victims; agencies generally
Executive (EXC) CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 23
§ 643. Fair treatment standards for crime victims; agencies generally.
1. As used in this section, "crime victim-related agency" means any
agency of state government which provides services to or deals directly
with crime victims, including (a) the office of children and family
services, the office for the aging, the department of veterans'
services, the office of probation and correctional alternatives, the
department of corrections and community supervision, the office of
victim services, the department of motor vehicles, the office of
vocational rehabilitation, the workers' compensation board, the
department of health, the division of criminal justice services, the
office of mental health, every transportation authority and the division
of state police, and (b) any other agency so designated by the governor
within ninety days of the effective date of this section.
2. Each crime victim-related agency shall review its practices,
procedures, services, regulations and laws to determine the adequacy and
appropriateness of its services with respect to crime victims, including
victims with special needs, particularly the elderly, disabled or
victims of child abuse, domestic violence or sex-related offenses. Such
review shall include reasonable opportunity for public comment and
consultation with crime victims or their representatives, and may
include public hearings.
3. After the review, and not later than one hundred eighty days after
the effective date of this section, each crime victim-related agency
shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature, setting forth
the findings of the review including a description of the services
provided by the agency and recommendations for changes in its practices,
procedures, services, regulations and laws to improve its services to
crime victims and to establish and implement fair treatment standards
for crime victims.
4. Subject to the direction of the governor, and to the extent
practicable, each crime victim-related agency shall expeditiously
implement the recommendations of its report.
1. As used in this section, "crime victim-related agency" means any
agency of state government which provides services to or deals directly
with crime victims, including (a) the office of children and family
services, the office for the aging, the department of veterans'
services, the office of probation and correctional alternatives, the
department of corrections and community supervision, the office of
victim services, the department of motor vehicles, the office of
vocational rehabilitation, the workers' compensation board, the
department of health, the division of criminal justice services, the
office of mental health, every transportation authority and the division
of state police, and (b) any other agency so designated by the governor
within ninety days of the effective date of this section.
2. Each crime victim-related agency shall review its practices,
procedures, services, regulations and laws to determine the adequacy and
appropriateness of its services with respect to crime victims, including
victims with special needs, particularly the elderly, disabled or
victims of child abuse, domestic violence or sex-related offenses. Such
review shall include reasonable opportunity for public comment and
consultation with crime victims or their representatives, and may
include public hearings.
3. After the review, and not later than one hundred eighty days after
the effective date of this section, each crime victim-related agency
shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature, setting forth
the findings of the review including a description of the services
provided by the agency and recommendations for changes in its practices,
procedures, services, regulations and laws to improve its services to
crime victims and to establish and implement fair treatment standards
for crime victims.
4. Subject to the direction of the governor, and to the extent
practicable, each crime victim-related agency shall expeditiously
implement the recommendations of its report.