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- Substituted by A627
- Ordered to third reading cal.291
- Reported and committed to rules
- Referred to social services
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Includes harassment, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking and criminal mischief within offenses which may constitute domestic violence
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Helene Weinstein
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4222
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the definitions of "victim of domestic violence" and "family and household members" for the purposes of domestic violence prevention
Purpose of bill
Section 1 amends section 459-a of the Social Services Law (SSL), to include in the definition of victim of domestic violence acts of sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking, criminal mischief, strangulation and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation. It also makes conforming changes by updating this section of the SSL to include unrelated persons in intimate relationships in the definition of family or household members.
Section 2 provides for an immediate effective date.
Justification
When the legislature expanded the definition of family or household member in Ch. 326 of 2008, it did not make conforming changes to section 459-a of the Social Services Law, which provides definitions that control the qualifications for domestic violence services. The definition of family or household members in the Social Services Law should be updated to include intimate relationships similar to Article 8 of the Family Court Act and the Criminal Procedure Law.
In addition, the Social Services Law should be updated to include as domestic violence conduct that which constitutes a family offense in Section 812 of the Family Court Act.
This measure is important to ensure that victims of domestic violence are not arbitrarily precluded from services based on incomplete definitions of family or household member and victim of domestic violence.
Legislative history
2009-2010: Similar to S.7496
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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