Bill Text: NY S01276 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S01276 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01276-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1276
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 28, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, DIAZ, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
         ONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SCHNEIDERMAN,  SERRANO,
         STAVISKY  --  read  twice  and ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed 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.
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       S. 1276                             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.