Bill Text: NY A01821 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1821 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education to students in public and private high schools; provides for state reimbursement therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to social services [A01821 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1821
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, ORTIZ, JAFFEE --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, CLARK, COOK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER,
         HOOPER, PERRY, SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred to the  Committee
         on Social Services
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to establishing
         school-outreach domestic violence prevention programs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 459-a of the social services law,
    2  as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    5.  "Non-residential  program  for victims of domestic violence" means
    5  any program operated by a not-for-profit organization, for  the  purpose
    6  of  providing  non-residential services to victims of domestic violence,
    7  including, but not limited to, information and referral services,  advo-
    8  cacy,  counseling,  and  community education and outreach activities and
    9  providing  or  arranging  for  hotline  services.  Victims  of  domestic
   10  violence  and  their children, if any, shall constitute at least seventy
   11  percent of the clientele of such programs; PROVIDED THAT CLIENTELE IN  A
   12  SCHOOL-OUTREACH  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  PREVENTION  PROGRAM SHALL BE DISRE-
   13  GARDED IN MAKING THIS CALCULATION.
   14    S 2. Section 459-c of the social services law is amended by  adding  a
   15  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   16    3.  (A)  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND THE
   17  REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  A  SOCIAL
   18  SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL  PURCHASE  FROM  A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
   19  OPERATING A NON-RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
   20  PROVIDE TO STUDENTS WITHIN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE  HIGH  SCHOOL  SETTINGS  A
   21  PROGRAM  OF INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES, ADVOCACY, COUNSELING, AND
   22  EDUCATION ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (B) TO THE EXTENT THAT  FUNDS  ARE  APPROPRIATED  EXPRESSLY  THEREFOR,
    2  STATE  REIMBURSEMENT  SHALL  BE AVAILABLE FOR ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
    3  EXPENDITURES MADE BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT  FOR  PROGRAMS  PROVIDED
    4  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
    5    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    6  it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of the office
    7  of  children and family services is authorized to promulgate any and all
    8  rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
    9  this act on its effective date on or before such date.