Relates to domestic violence-related activity of the New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence; adds a member to the advisory council.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6665
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
August 23, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to domestic violence-re-
lated activity of the New York state office for the prevention of
domestic violence and adding a member to the advisory council; 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. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 3 of section 575 of the execu-
2 tive law, as relettered by chapter 339 of the laws of 2011, is relet-
3 tered paragraph (n) and a new paragraph (m) is added to read as follows:
4 (m) promoting best practices for abusive partner intervention;
5 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 575 of the executive
6 law, as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
7 as follows:
8 (b) The advisory council shall consist of nine members and [sixteen]
9 seventeen ex-officio members. Each member shall be appointed to serve
10 for a term of three years and shall continue in office until a successor
11 appointed member is made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be
12 appointed for the unexpired term of the member he or she is to succeed.
13 All of the members shall be individuals with expertise in the area of
14 domestic violence. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, two
15 members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary
16 president of the senate, two members shall be appointed upon the recom-
17 mendation of the speaker of the assembly, one member shall be appointed
18 upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, and one
19 member shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader
20 of the assembly. The ex-officio members of the advisory board shall
21 consist of the director of the office, who shall chair the council, and
22 the following members or their designees: the commissioner of the office
23 of temporary and disability assistance; the commissioner of the depart-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ment of health; the commissioner of the education department; the
2 commissioner of the office of mental health; the commissioner of the
3 office of alcoholism and substance abuse services; the commissioner of
4 the division of criminal justice services; the superintendent of the
5 division of state police; the director of the office of probation and
6 correctional alternatives; the commissioner of the office of children
7 and family services; the director of the office of victim services; the
8 chief administrative judge of the office of court administration; the
9 commissioner of the department of labor; the director of the state
10 office for the aging; the commissioner of the department of corrections
11 and community supervision; the commissioner of homes and community
12 renewal; the chief executive officer of the New York state coalition
13 against domestic violence; and the executive director of the New York
14 state coalition against sexual assault.
15 § 3. Section 576 of the executive law is REPEALED.
16 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
