New York A 4050: Authorizes a sentence of conditional discharge pending completion of a substance abuse treatment program for first and second time drug possessors

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A04050 Summary:

BILL NOA04050 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRBurdick, Forrest

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 22-A §§637-a - 637-c, Exec L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L

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Enacts the "Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Act"; provides findings for evidence-based and evidence-informed health programs from hospital-based and community-based programs.

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BILL NOA04050 

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01/31/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4050

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, BURDICK, FORREST -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation
 to enacting the "community violence intervention and prevention act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "community violence intervention and prevention act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 22-A to read
 4 as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 22-A
 6 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION ACT
 7 Section 637-a. Legislative findings.
 8 637-b. Definitions.
 9 637-c. Community violence intervention and prevention grants.
 10 § 637-a. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 11 declares that gun violence and other forms of violence constitute a
 12 crisis that poses a serious threat to the health and quality of life of
 13 all residents of the state of New York. An epidemic of violence is tear-
 14 ing at the fabric of life in many urban areas. The legislature further
 15 finds that funds from the Victims of Crime Act should be used to support
 16 hospital based violence intervention programs and community based
 17 violence intervention programs.
 18 § 637-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 19 terms shall have the following meanings:
 20 1. "Evidence-based health program" means a program or an initiative
 21 that:
 22 (a) is developed and evaluated through scientific research and data
 23 collection;
 24 (b) uses public health principles that demonstrate measurable positive
 25 outcomes in preventing gun violence; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04034-01-5

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 1 (c) is implemented by a nonprofit organization or public agency.
 2 2. "Evidence-informed health program" means a program, an approach, or
 3 an initiative that is:
 4 (a) based on public health principles;
 5 (b) capable of being studied and evaluated through research and data
 6 collection;
 7 (c) for the purpose of reducing gun violence;
 8 (d) directed to influence factors determined to affect gun violence;
 9 and
 10 (e) implemented by a nonprofit organization or public agency.
 11 3. "Hospital-based violence intervention program" means a violence
 12 intervention program that:
 13 (a) is operated by:
 14 (i) a hospital; or
 15 (ii) an individual or entity in collaboration with a hospital; and
 16 (b) provides intensive counseling, case management, and social
 17 services to individuals who are recovering from injuries resulting from
 18 violence or who were witnesses to acts of violence.
 19 4. "Community-based violence intervention program" means a violence
 20 intervention program that is operated by:
 21 (a) a nonprofit organization; and
 22 (b) provides intensive counseling, case management, and social
 23 services to individuals who are recovering from injuries resulting from
 24 violence or who were witnesses to acts of violence.
 25 5. "Director" shall mean the head of the office of victim services as
 26 set forth by section six hundred twenty-two of this chapter.
 27 6. "Crime" shall mean:
 28 (a) an act committed in New York state which would, if committed by a
 29 mentally competent criminally responsible adult, who has no legal
 30 exemption or defense, constitute a cr