New York A 481: Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education in high schools

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A00481 Summary:

BILL NOA00481 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin (MS)

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COSPNSRDinowitz, De Los Santos, Jensen

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MLTSPNSRCook

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Amd §§459-a & 459-c, Soc Serv L

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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.

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BILL NOA00481 

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01/08/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 481

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, DE LOS SANTOS, JENSEN --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred 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 § 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.
 LBD02095-01-5

 A. 481 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 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 6 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 7 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 8 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 9 before such effective date.

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