New York S 4762: Establishes the misdemeanors of unlawful publication of an intimate image of a minor in the first and second degrees

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S04762 Summary:

BILL NOS04762 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04469

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 2-A Title 5 §53, Soc Serv L

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Relates to establishing state disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters including placement of individuals and families in shelters and reporting of infections related to the emergency.

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BILL NOS04762 

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4762

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social
 Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing
 state disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters

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

 1 Section 1. Article 2-A of the social services law is amended by adding
 2 a new title 5 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 5
 4 STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS
 5 Section 53. State disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters.
 6 § 53. State disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters. 1.
 7 For purposes of this title:
 8 (a) "state disaster emergency" shall have the same meaning as defined
 9 in paragraph b of subdivision two of section twenty of the executive
 10 law, provided, however, such disasters shall be limited to those involv-
 11 ing an epidemic or disease outbreak;
 12 (b) "homeless shelter" shall include, but not be limited to a family
 13 shelter, a shelter for adults, a domestic violence shelter, a runaway
 14 and homeless youth shelter, a safe house for refugees, any hotel, motel
 15 or apartment that is currently housing groups of individuals who are not
 16 family members or that have requested to be housed together, any other
 17 supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide
 18 temporary living arrangements or any other location where homeless indi-
 19 viduals and families may be residing;
 20 (c) "homeless" shall mean the lack of a fixed, regular, and adequate
 21 nighttime residence; having a primary nighttime residence that is a
 22 public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular
 23 sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, aban-
 24 doned building, bus or train station, airport or campground or other
 25 places not meant for human habitation;
 26 (d) "direct placement" shall mean the process by which a private room
 27 with a private bathroom is arranged for and assigned to a homeless indi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07191-01-5

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 1 vidual or family that does not require travel to any intermediary facil-
 2 ity between the location of a homeless shelter or location of outreach
 3 engagement and the facility in which such private room with a private
 4 bathroom is located.
 5 2. In the event that a state disaster emergency has been declared, all
 6 social services districts operating, reimbursing, or contracting for
 7 homeless shelters, and all other entities operating, reimbursing, or
 8 contracting for homeless shelters shall offer individuals and families
 9 private rooms with private bathrooms to each family in order to prevent
 10 the spread of the disease or outbreak shall implement the following
 11 procedures and protocols for the duration of such state disaster emer-
 12 gency:
 13 (a) (i) Immediately offer to each homeless person or household a
 14 private room with a private bathroom through direct placement in and
 15 safe transportation to a hotel, motel, public dormitory, or living
 16 facility for the duration of the state disaster emergency in order to
 17 prevent the spread of such disease or outbreak.
 18 (ii) Prior to the beginning of every shift, every employee and volun-
 19 teer shall be screened for any s