Bill Text: NY S06386 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes service animals or therapy dogs to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs whenever such accompaniment is reasonable under the circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-11 - SIGNED CHAP.7 [S06386 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6386
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend chapter 584 of the laws  of  2015  amending  the  social
          services  law, relating to authorizing service animals or therapy dogs
          to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs,  in
          relation  to  rules and regulations and the effectiveness thereof; and
          to amend the social services law, in relation to  authorizing  service
          animals  or  therapy dogs to accompany victims of domestic violence at
          residential programs
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 3 of chapter 584 of the laws of 2015, amending the
     2  social services law, relating to authorizing service animals or  therapy
     3  dogs  to accompany victims of domestic violence in residential programs,
     4  is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect [immediately] one year after the  date
     6  on which it shall have become a law.
     7    § 2. Section 2 of chapter 584 of the laws of 2015, amending the social
     8  services law, relating to authorizing service animals or therapy dogs to
     9  accompany  victims  of  domestic  violence  in  residential programs, is
    10  amended to read as follows:
    11    § 2. The office of children  and  family  services  is  authorized  to
    12  promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures
    13  necessary to implement this act on or before its effective date.
    14    §  3.  Section 459-b of the social services law, as amended by chapter
    15  584 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    16    § 459-b. Residential services for victims  of  domestic  violence.  In
    17  accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
    18  regulations  of  the  office  of  children and family services, a social
    19  services district shall offer and provide necessary and available  emer-
    20  gency  shelter  and  services  for  up  to  ninety days at a residential
    21  program for victims  of  domestic  violence  to  a  victim  of  domestic
    22  violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of
    23  the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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