New York A 1965: Requires private schools to provide to the commissioner of education copies of certain documents prior to receipt of apportionment funds or a Basic Educational Data System code

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A01965 Summary:

BILL NOA01965 

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Amd Art 21 Art Head, §§575, 214-b, 221-a, 837 & 840, Exec L; amd §530.11, CP L; amd §§153-c, 249-b & 812, Fam
Ct Act; amd §§403 & 408-b, Gen Bus L; amd §2612, Ins L; amd §§10-a & 10-b, Lab L; amd §§2137, 2803-p &
2805-z, Pub Health L; amd §§17, 111-v, 349-a, 427-a, 483-cc & 483-ee, Soc Serv L; amd §97-yyy, St Fin L

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Renames the NYS office for the prevention of domestic violence to the NYS office to end domestic and gender-based violence; makes necessary technical changes.

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01/14/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1965

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the criminal procedure law, the fami-
 ly court act, the general business law, the insurance law, the labor
 law, the public health law, the social services law, and the state
 finance law, in relation to establishing the New York state office to
 end domestic and gender-based violence

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The article heading of article 21 of the executive law, as
 2 added by chapter 463 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 21
 4 NEW YORK STATE OFFICE [FOR
 5 THE PREVENTION OF] TO END
 6 DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
 7 § 2. Section 575 of the executive law, as added by chapter 463 of the
 8 laws of 1992, subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 as amended by section 1 of part B
 9 of chapter 55 of the laws of 2021, paragraph (o) of subdivision 3 as
 10 amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2023, paragraph (p) of subdivision
 11 3 as relettered by chapter 740 of the laws of 2022, subdivisions 7 and 8
 12 as added by chapter 396 of the laws of 1994, subdivision 9 as added by
 13 chapter 368 of the laws of 1997, subdivision 10 as added by section 3 of
 14 part A of chapter 491 of the laws of 2012 and paragraph (d) of subdivi-
 15 sion 10 as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 16 read as follows:
 17 § 575. New York state office [for the prevention of] to end domestic
 18 and gender-based violence. 1. Establishment of office. There is hereby
 19 established within the executive department the "New York state office
 20 [for the prevention of] to end domestic and gender-based violence",
 21 hereinafter in this section referred to as the "office".

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03213-01-5

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 1 2. Duties and responsibilities. The office shall advise the governor
 2 and the legislature on the most effective ways for state government to
 3 respond to the problem of domestic and gender-based violence. In
 4 fulfilling this responsibility, the office shall consult with experts,
 5 service providers and representative organizations in the field of
 6 domestic and gender-based violence and shall act as an advocate for
 7 domestic and gender-based violence victims and survivor-centered
 8 programs.
 9 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following terms
 10 shall have the following meanings:
 11 (a) "Domestic violence" means a pattern of behavior used by an indi-
 12 vidual to establish and maintain power and control over their intimate
 13 partner. Such behavior includes abusive and coercive tactics, threats
 14 and actions that may or may not rise to the level of criminal behavior,
 15 including, but not limited to, physical, emotional, financial, and sexu-
 16 al abuse.
 17 (b) "Gender-based violence" means threats to harm, or actual harms
 18 committed against a person or persons based on actual or perceived sex,
 19 gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expr