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- Referred to codes
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Relates to assault on caseworkers
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Marcos Crespo
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6682
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to assault on caseworkers
Purpose or general idea of the bill
Provides that a person shall be guilty of assault in the second degree when he or she intends to cause physical injury to a caseworker.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends the penal law. Section 120.05, Subdivision 11. Provides that a person shall be guilty of assault in the second degree when he or she intends to cause physical injury to a caseworker while such caseworker is performing an assigned duty. Assault in the second degree is a Class D felony.
Section 2. Effective Date
Existing law
Penal Law; Article 120; Assault and Related offenses; Section 120.05-Assault in the Second Degree; Subdivision 11. The existing statute does not include caseworkers.
Justification
In June of 2011, a New York city caseworker with Children's Services was seriously assaulted while in the process of attempting to remove two children from a client's home. Even though the police and another caseworker were present, the client was still able to get past the police, chased the caseworker down the hallway, and proceeded to slam and scrape her against a stucco wall, while her forearm was on the caseworker's throat. The client attempted to throw the caseworker down the stairs. The police were able to restrain the client, but not before the caseworker suffered a torn rotator cuff which required surgery, a pinched nerve and a herniated disc. The caseworker has also been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Current state statute protects several categories of employees if they are assaulted while performing an assigned duty. The current list of employees includes train operators, ticket inspectors, conductors, traffic and sanitation enforcement agents, and registered and licensed practical nurses, to name a few. Caseworkers, who frequently find themselves in dangerous situations, as the above story describes, are not included in the list of employees.
This bill adds caseworkers to the list of employees in the event they are assaulted while performing an assigned duty.
Legislative history
2012: New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None to State.
Effective date
The first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
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