Bill Text: NY A04078 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the notification of surviving family of homicide victims of the availability of victim support services programs by the office of victim services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A04078 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04078-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4078 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to notifying the surviv- ing family of homicide victims of the availability of victim support services programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 623 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 24 to read as follows: 3 24. To provide the surviving family of a homicide victim written 4 notice of the availability of victim support services programs in the 5 state. Such written notice shall include a statewide listing of victim 6 assistance programs that provide crisis intervention, advocacy, coun- 7 seling, and other victim support services and shall include a link to 8 the website of the office. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00484-01-3
