Bill Text: NY A06230 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a domestic abuse hotline for teens; requires all high schools within the state to conduct an assembly on domestic abuse.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to children and families [A06230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06230-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6230
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Children and Families
        AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  creating  a
          domestic  abuse  hotline for teens; and to amend the education law, in
          relation to requiring a school assembly on domestic abuse
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Section 459-h of the social services law, as renumbered by
     2  chapter  428  of the laws of 2009, is renumbered section 459-i and a new
     3  section 459-h is added to read as follows:
     4    § 459-h. Domestic abuse hotline for teens.  The  commissioner  of  the
     5  office  of  children  and  family services shall establish a twenty-four
     6  hour domestic abuse hotline for teens. The hotline shall be a  toll-free
     7  number. The local social services district shall take reasonable efforts
     8  to  inform  teens  living  in  their district of the availability of the
     9  hotline.
    10    § 2.  Section 3234 of the education law, as renumbered by chapter  975
    11  of  the  laws of 1966, is renumbered section 3235 and a new section 3234
    12  is added to read as follows:
    13    § 3234. Mandatory domestic abuse assembly. Every  high  school  within
    14  this state shall annually conduct an assembly on the dangers of domestic
    15  abuse.  The  commissioner shall establish the guidelines and content for
    16  the assembly. The assembly shall also supply the students with the toll-
    17  free number for the domestic abuse hotline for teens.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    19  section  two  of  this  act shall apply to any school year commencing at
    20  least 30 days after such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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