New York A 10404: Includes audio-only and video-only telehealth and telemedicine services in those telehealth and telemedicine services eligible for reimbursement

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A10404 Summary:

BILL NOA10404 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09257

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SPONSORCruz

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §642-b, Exec L; rpld §483-dd, Soc Serv L

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Enacts the Voices of Immigrant Communities Empowering Survivors (VOICES) Act which provides certification to certain immigrant victims of qualifying criminal activity.

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BILL NOA10404 

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03/03/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10404

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the voices of
 immigrant communities empowering survivors (VOICES) act which provides
 certification to certain immigrant victims of qualifying criminal
 activity; and to repeal section 483-dd of the social services law
 relating to law enforcement assistance with respect to immigration

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Voices of
 2 Immigrant Communities Empowering Survivors (VOICES) Act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 642-b to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 642-b. Immigrant victim; certification. 1. For the purposes of this
 6 section, the term:
 7 (a) "Certification form" means a law enforcement certification or
 8 declaration as established by federal immigration law certifying that a
 9 person is a victim of qualifying criminal activity or human trafficking
 10 including, but not limited to, the information required by Section
 11 1184(p) of Title 8 of the United States Code, including current United
 12 States Citizenship and Immigration Services Form I-918, Supplement B, or
 13 any successor form for purposes of obtaining U nonimmigrant status or by
 14 Section 1184(o) of Title 8 of the United States Code, including current
 15 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Form I-914, Supple-
 16 ment B, or any successor form for purposes of obtaining T nonimmigrant
 17 status.
 18 (b) "Certifying entity" means:
 19 (i) A state or local law enforcement agency;
 20 (ii) A prosecutor's or district attorney's office;
 21 (iii) The office of court administration, where the certifying offi-
 22 cial is a judge;
 23 (iv) The police department of a state university of New York or a city
 24 university of New York; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14588-04-6

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 1 (v) Any other entity or authority that has responsibility for the
 2 detection or, investigation or prosecution of a qualifying crime or
 3 criminal activity; and
 4 (vi) Entities that have criminal detection or investigative jurisdic-
 5 tion in their respective areas of expertise, including, but not limited
 6 to, child protective services, the division of human rights, and the
 7 department of labor.
 8 (c) "Certifying official" means:
 9 (i) The head of a certifying entity;
 10 (ii) A person in a supervisory role who has been designated by the
 11 head of a certifying entity to issue certifications under this section
 12 on behalf of such entity;
 13 (iii) A judge; or
 14 (iv) Any other certifying official defined under Section 214.14 (a)(3)
 15 of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
 16 (d) "Human Trafficking" has the same meaning as "severe forms of traf-
 17 ficking in persons" pursuant to Section 7102 of Title 22 of the United
 18 States Code and shall include, but not be limited to:
 19 (i) Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force,
 20 fraud, or coercion, or in which a person induced to perform such act has
 21 not attained eighteen years of age;
 22 (ii) The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtain-
 23 ing of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud,
 24 or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude,
 25 peonage, debt bondage, or slavery; and
 26 (iii) Cr