Bill Text: NY A01253 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires counseling for minor victims of a sex offense and the parent or guardian of such victims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A01253 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01253-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1253 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to mandatory counseling for minor victims of a sex offense and the parent or guardian of such victims The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 625 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, and 4 without regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant, a victim of 5 a sex offense, as such sex offense is defined in article one hundred 6 thirty of the penal law, and the parent or guardian of such victim if 7 such victim is a minor, shall obtain counseling from a psychiatrist or 8 licensed psychologist prior to filing a claim for receipt of an award 9 pursuant to this article. A letter issued from such victim's treating 10 psychiatrist or licensed psychologist shall be filed along with such 11 victim's claim. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02762-01-9