Bill Text: NY A01821 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | 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]
Download: New_York-2015-A01821-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1821 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2015 ___________ 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. LBD02320-01-5 A. 1821 2 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.