S07168 Summary:
BILL NO | S07168 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A08959 |
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SPONSOR | PARKER |
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COSPNSR | |
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Rpld §624 sub 1-a, §626 sub 4, amd §§621, 626 & 631, Exec L; amd §4, Chap of 2019 (as proposed in S.4958 & A.2566) | |
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Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner. |
S07168 Actions:
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01/10/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/13/2020 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/28/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/28/2020 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/28/2020 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/03/2020 | substituted for a8959 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/03/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.363 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/03/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/03/2020 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/17/2020 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/17/2020 | SIGNED CHAP.70 |
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Palmesano
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Schmitt
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Mr. Speaker
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Cook
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Lawrence
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Palumbo
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S07168 Memo:
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S07168 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7168 IN SENATE January 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 eligibility of domes- tic partners for compensation from the office of victim services; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the executive law relat- ing to the eligibility of domestic partners for compensation from the crime victims' board, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4958 and A. 2566, in relation to the application of certain provisions thereof; and to repeal certain provisions of the executive law relat- ing thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 624 of the executive law, as 2 added by section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the execu- 3 tive law relating to the eligibility of domestic partners for compen- 4 sation from the crime victims' board, as proposed in legislative bills 5 numbers S. 4958 and A. 2566, is REPEALED. 6 § 2. Section 621 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 7 subdivision 25 to read as follows: 8 25. "Domestic partner" shall mean a person who, with respect to anoth- 9 er person: 10 (a) is formally a party in a domestic partnership or similar relation- 11 ship with the other person, entered into pursuant to the laws of the 12 United States or of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction, or regis- 13 tered as the domestic partner of the other person with any registry 14 maintained by the employer of either party or any state, municipality, 15 or foreign jurisdiction; or 16 (b) is formally recognized as a beneficiary or covered person under 17 the other person's employment benefits or health insurance; or 18 (c) is dependent or mutually interdependent on the other person for 19 support, as evidenced by the totality of the circumstances indicating a 20 mutual intent to be a domestic partner including but not limited to: 21 common ownership or joint leasing of real or personal property; common 22 householding, shared income or shared expenses; children in common; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05037-02-0S. 7168 2 1 signs of intent to marry or become a domestic partner under paragraph 2 (a) or (b) of this subdivision; or the length of the personal relation- 3 ship of the persons. 4 Each party to a domestic partnership shall be considered to be the 5 domestic partner of the other party. "Domestic partner" shall not 6 include a person who is related to the other person by blood in a manner 7 that would bar marriage to the other person in New York state. "Domestic 8 partner" also shall not include any person who is less than eighteen 9 years of age or who is the adopted child of the other person or who is 10 related by blood in a manner that would bar marriage in New York state 11 to a person who is the lawful spouse of the other person. 12 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 626 of the executive law, as added by 13 section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the executive law 14 relating to the eligibility of domestic partners for compensation from 15 the crime victims' board, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 16 4958 and A. 2566, is REPEALED. 17 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 626 of the executive law, as amended by 18 chapter 104 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 19 1. Out-of-pocket loss shall mean unreimbursed and unreimbursable 20 expenses or indebtedness reasonably incurred for medical care or other 21 services necessary as a result of the injury upon which such claim is 22 based, including such expenses incurred as a result of the exacerbation 23 of a pre-existing disability or condition directly resulting from the 24 crime or causally related to the crime. Such expenses or indebtedness 25 shall include the cost of counseling for the eligible spouse, domestic 26 partner, grandparents, parents, stepparents, guardians, brothers, 27 sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, children, stepchildren or grandchil- 28 dren of a homicide victim, and crime victims who have sustained a 29 personal physical injury as the direct result of a crime and the spouse, 30 children or stepchildren of such physically injured victim. For the 31 purposes of this subdivision, the victim of a sex offense as defined in 32 article one hundred thirty of the penal law is presumed to have suffered 33 physical injury. Such counseling may be provided by local victim service 34 programs, where available. It shall also include the cost of residing at 35 or utilizing services provided by shelters for battered spouses and 36 children who are eligible pursuant to subdivision two of section six 37 hundred twenty-four of this article, and the cost of reasonable attor- 38 neys' fees for representation before the office and/or before the appel- 39 late division upon judicial review not to exceed one thousand dollars. 40 § 5. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 of section 631 of the executive 41 law, as amended by section 22 of part A1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 42 2010, is amended to read as follows: 43 (e) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, where 44 a police officer or firefighter, both paid and volunteer, dies from 45 injuries received in the line of duty as a direct result of a crime, the 46 office may, without regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant, 47 make an award for the unreimbursed counseling expenses of the eligible 48 spouse, domestic partner, parents, brothers, sisters or children of such 49 victim, and/or the reasonable burial expenses incurred by the claimant. 50 § 6. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the executive 51 law relating to the eligibility of domestic partners for compensation 52 from the crime victims' board, as proposed in legislative bills numbers 53 S. 4958 and A. 2566, is amended to read as follows: 54 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 55 it shall have become a law and shall apply to claims filed on or after 56 such date.S. 7168 3 1 § 7. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 2 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the executive law 3 relating to eligibility of domestic partners for compensation from the 4 crime victims' board, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4958 5 and A. 2566, takes effect.
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