STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3920 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, JAFFEE, PERRY, GOTTFRIED, AUBRY, M. G. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, O'DONNELL, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to eligibility of domes- tic partners for compensation from the crime victims' board The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 624 of the execu- 2 tive law, as amended by chapter 104 of the laws of 2015, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (b) a surviving spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, parent, step- 5 parent, guardian, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, child, step- 6 child or grandchild of a victim of a crime who died as a direct result 7 of such crime; 8 § 2. Section 624 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 9 subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 10 1-a. For the purposes of this section, "domestic partner" means a 11 person who, with respect to another person: 12 (a) is formally a party in a domestic partnership or similar relation- 13 ship with the other person, entered into pursuant to the laws of the 14 United States or of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction, or regis- 15 tered as the domestic partner of the other person with any registry 16 maintained by the employer of either party or any state, municipality, 17 or foreign jurisdiction; or 18 (b) is formally recognized as a beneficiary or covered person under 19 the other person's employment benefits or health insurance; or 20 (c) is dependent or mutually interdependent on the other person for 21 support, as evidenced by the totality of the circumstances indicating a 22 mutual intent to be a domestic partner including but not limited to: 23 common ownership or joint leasing of real or personal property; common EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02374-01-7A. 3920 2 1 householding, shared income or shared expenses; children in common; 2 signs of intent to marry or become a domestic partner under paragraph 3 (a) or (b) of this subdivision; or the length of the personal relation- 4 ship of the persons. 5 § 3. Section 626 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 6 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 7 4. Out-of-pocket loss shall also include the cost of counseling for 8 surviving family members of homicide victims who are otherwise eligible 9 pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section six hundred 10 twenty-four of this article. 11 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 12 it shall have become a law.