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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7188
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 2, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  grand  jury
          proceedings
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph (h) of subdivision 3 of section  190.25  of  the
     2  criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 405 of the laws of 2010,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (h) A social worker, rape  crisis  counselor,  psychologist  or  other
     5  professional providing emotional support to a child witness twelve years
     6  old or younger, or a social worker or informal caregiver, as provided in
     7  subdivision  two  of  section  two  hundred  six of the elder law, for a
     8  vulnerable elderly person as provided in subdivision  three  of  section
     9  260.31  of the penal law, who is called to give evidence in a grand jury
    10  proceeding concerning a crime defined in article one hundred twenty-one,
    11  article one hundred thirty, article two hundred sixty,  section  120.10,
    12  125.10, 125.15, 125.20, 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27

    13  of  the  penal  law  provided  that the district attorney consents. Such
    14  support person shall not provide the witness with an answer to any ques-
    15  tion or otherwise participate in such proceeding and shall first take an
    16  oath before the grand jury that he or she will keep secret  all  matters
    17  before such grand jury within his or her knowledge.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13772-01-4