New York A 1530: Relates to services for victims of domestic violence; repealer

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A01530 Summary:

BILL NOA01530 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§459-a, 459-b, 459-c & 131-u, rpld §§459-c & 459-f, ren §§459-d, 459-e, 459-g & 459-h to be §§459-c,
459-d, 459-e & 459-f, Soc Serv L

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Relates to services for victims of domestic violence; provides that the department of social services shall ensure there is sufficient access to domestic violence services in every county; eliminates per diem reimbursement rates for domestic violence programs.

Go to top A01530 Actions:

BILL NOA01530 

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01/10/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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Go to topA01530 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1530

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to services for
 victims of domestic violence; and to repeal certain provisions of such
 law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 459-a of the social
 2 services law, subdivision 4 as added by chapter 838 of the laws of 1987,
 3 the opening paragraph of subdivision 4 and subdivision 5 as amended by
 4 chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows:
 5 4. "A domestic violence organization" means an organization that
 6 provides emergency shelter and/or services and care to victims of domes-
 7 tic violence and their minor children, and shall include, but not be
 8 limited to:
 9 (a) "Residential program for victims of domestic violence" [means any]
 10 which shall include residential care program certified by the department
 11 and operated by a not-for-profit organization in accordance with the
 12 regulations of the department for the purpose of providing emergency
 13 shelter, services and care to victims of domestic violence. Residential
 14 programs for victims of domestic violence shall include, but shall not
 15 be limited to:
 16 [(a)] (i) "Domestic violence shelters", which shall include any resi-
 17 dential care facility organized for the exclusive purpose of providing
 18 emergency shelter, services and care to victims of domestic violence and
 19 their minor children, if any;
 20 [(b)] (ii) "Domestic violence programs" which shall include any facil-
 21 ity which otherwise meets or would meet the requirements of this para-
 22 graph [(a) of this subdivision], except that victims of domestic
 23 violence and their minor children, if any, constitute at least seventy
 24 percent of the clientele of such program; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04671-01-5

 A. 1530 2

 1 [(c)] (iii) "Safe home networks" which shall include any organized
 2 network of private homes offering emergency shelter and services to
 3 victims of domestic violence and their minor children, if any. Such
 4 network shall be coordinated by a not-for-profit organization.
 5 [5.] (b) "Non-residential program for victims of domestic violence"
 6 [means] which shall include any program operated by a not-for-profit
 7 organization, for the purpose of providing non-residential services to
 8 victims of domestic violence, including, but not limited to, information
 9 and referral services, advocacy, counseling, and community education and
 10 outreach activities and providing or arranging for hotline services.
 11 Victims of domestic violence and their children, if any, shall consti-
 12 tute at least seventy percent of the clientele of such programs.
 13 § 2. The opening paragraph of section 459-b of the social services
 14 law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 15 follows:
 16 [Residential services for victims of domestic violence. In accordance
 17 with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the regu-
 18 lations of the office of children and family servic