STATE OF NEW YORK
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1469
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to mandatory counseling
for minor victims of a sex offense and the parent or guardian of such
victims
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 625 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, and
4 without regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant, a victim of
5 a sex offense, as such sex offense is defined in article one hundred
6 thirty of the penal law, and the parent or guardian of such victim if
7 such victim is a minor, shall obtain counseling from a psychiatrist or
8 licensed psychologist prior to filing a claim for receipt of an award
9 pursuant to this article. A letter issued from such victim's treating
10 psychiatrist or licensed psychologist shall be filed along with such
11 victim's claim.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04325-01-7
