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- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Establishes a victims' assistance education program
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor RoAnn Destito
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a victims' assistance education program
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that members and staff of the crime victims board are fully knowledgeable and trained in those skills that would provide assistance to crime victims.
Summary of specific provisions
The bill establishes a victim's assistance education program that would be developed by the Crime Victim's Board and the Division of Criminal Justice Services. Attendance at these educational programs by the members and staff of the crime victim's board would be mandatory on an annual and bi-annual basis respectively. Further, education programs would also be developed for use by police, sheriffs, administrative law judges, district attorneys offices and providers of victims assistance services. The Crime Victims Board would be required to report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on its evaluation of the use of victim's assistance education programs.
Justification
Interviews and prior testimony obtained from crime victims, crime victim survivors, advocates as well as individual members of the Crime Victims Board, consistently identify a lack of sensitivity by the Board and its staff in fulfilling its legislative mandate. The Board members have problems which are generated from individual crime victims, crime victim advocates and the Board's Advisory Council. The entity created to alleviate crime victim's injuries has become identified as part of the injurious experience for its clients. It is anticipated that the training required in this legislation will help to alleviate many of these problems.
Prior legislative history
2007-08: A.846 - Passed Assembly; Died in Senate Investigations and Government Operations 2006: A.3690-A - Passed Assembly; Died in Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Cmte. 2005: A.3690 - Passed Assembly; Died in Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Cmte. 2003-04: A.1738 (Sidikman) - Passed Assembly
Fiscal implications
There may be some minor costs associated with the start-up costs of establishing a victim's assistance education program.
Effective date
180 days after enactment.
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