[{"type":"bill","id":"S60-2011","title":"Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse and the sealing of records; repealer","summary":"Provides for the expungement of unsustained allegations of abuse of persons receiving care and services in residential health care facilities and the sealing of records where the commissioner of health has determined such allegations of abuse would not be sustained; provides exceptions to such provisions.","billno":"S60-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"CODES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S138A-2011","title":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards","summary":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; establishes that \"dating violence\" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner; requires the department, in conjunction with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; requires such education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12.","billno":"S138A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S309A-2011","title":"Enacts the Senior Anti-Violence and Enforcement Act","summary":"Enacts the Senior Anti-Violence and Enforcement Act (SAVE); establishes a central registry for access to reports of maltreatment of seniors; creates a council on elder abuse; establishes penal provisions regarding offenses against the elderly and disabled.","billno":"S309A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"TRANSPORTATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S315-2011","title":"Provides that municipalities must provide substance and alcohol abuse counseling and treatment for police officers","summary":"Provides that municipalities must provide substance and alcohol abuse counseling and treatment for police officers.","billno":"S315-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S329A-2011","title":"Relates to the accrual of merit time by certain inmates","summary":"Allows certain inmates to be granted a merit time allowance; allows inmates who are victims are able to prove that they were subjected to substantial physical, sexual or psychological abuse, that the abuse was inflicted by a member of their same family or household or a member of the person's immediate family, and that the abuse was a substantial factor in causing them to commit the crime to be eligible to earn merit time in the amount of one-third off either their minimum sentence (if inmate has an indeterminate sentence) or their flat sentence; allows such inmates to be eligible for presumptive release; expands the criteria that a person in custody of the department of correctional services may meet in order to earn merit time.","billno":"S329A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S461A-2011","title":"Establishes a drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) license plate","summary":"Establishes a drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) license plate; creates a new drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) fund for outreach and educational programs.","billno":"S461A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"NOZZOLIO","committee":"TRANSPORTATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S621A-2011","title":"Includes individuals with a mental defect as a victim under sexual abuse in the first degree","summary":"Includes individuals with a mental defect as a victim under sexual abuse in the first degree.","billno":"S621A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"KLEIN","committee":"CODES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S635-2011","title":"Requires certain persons and officials, teachers, superintendents and certain professionals to complete training in reporting cases of suspected child abuse","summary":"Requires certain persons and officials required to report suspected child abuse and maltreatment to complete ongoing training; further all teachers, school superintendents and licensed professionals who are required to report cases of child abuse and maltreatment to complete training in the reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment at least once every 2 years.","billno":"S635-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"RULES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S708-2011","title":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards","summary":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; \"dating violence\" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner and includes threats made by cell phone, text message, internet, and other electronic means; requires the department, in conjunction with, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12, and requires respect and self-esteem education be incorporated into the curriculum for students in grades k-6.","billno":"S708-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"SAVINO","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S734-2011","title":"Provides that certain camps may make inquiries of and be provided with information from the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment","summary":"Provides that certain camps may make inquiries of and be provided with information from the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment to determine if any person who may have contact with children is on file on such register.","billno":"S734-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"ROBACH","committee":"CHILDREN AND FAMILIES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S752-2011","title":"Expands juvenile offender status to include certain sex offenses committed by persons 13, 14 or 15 years of age","summary":"Expands juvenile offender status to include rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree and aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree if committed by persons thirteen, fourteen or fifteen years of age.","billno":"S752-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"CODES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S753-2011","title":"Establishes the crimes of aggravated rape, aggravated criminal sexual act and aggravated sexual abuse","summary":"Increases the penalties for the violent sex offenses of rape, criminal sexual act and aggravated sexual abuse when committed in a forcible manner where an actor or accomplice is armed with or displays a deadly weapon, uses or threatens the use of a dangerous instrument or inflicts physical injury upon the victim.","billno":"S753-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"CODES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S977-2011","title":"Increases access to substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is not English","summary":"Increases access to substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is not English.","billno":"S977-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HASSELL-THOMPSON","committee":"RULES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S978A-2011","title":"Requires that the training required of certain health care professionals for identification and reporting of child abuse include a domestic violence component","summary":"Requires the education commissioner to establish standards requiring that one hour of the three hours of coursework or training required of certain specified health care professionals regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment include information regarding the relationship between child abuse and domestic violence and the identification of behavioral and physical indicators of domestic violence.","billno":"S978A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HASSELL-THOMPSON","committee":"HIGHER EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S983-2011","title":"Creates a domestic abuse hotline for teens","summary":"Creates a domestic abuse hotline for teens; requires all high schools within the state to conduct an assembly on domestic abuse.","billno":"S983-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"RULES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S995-2011","title":"Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant","summary":"Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant; presence of such controlled substances establishes a rebuttable presumption that the release of the infant to the parent presents an imminent danger to the child's health or life.","billno":"S995-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"KLEIN","committee":"CHILDREN AND FAMILIES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1028-2011","title":"Requires certain persons to report financial exploitation of the elderly; repealer","summary":"Requires various persons (similar to child abuse) to report financial exploitation of the elderly (sixty-two or older) to a social services official; directs the commissioner of children and family services to develop rules for the conduct of investigations and the protection of the exploited.","billno":"S1028-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"KLEIN","committee":"AGING"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1039-2011","title":"Requires health care professional education in the area of elder abuse","summary":"Requires physicians, chiropractors, dentists, registered nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and dental hygienists to have completed one hour of coursework or training regarding the identification and reporting of elderly abuse prior to the renewal of a license, registration or limited permit; provides procedures and provides for exemptions when no need therefor.","billno":"S1039-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"KLEIN","committee":"HIGHER EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1040A-2011","title":"Requires the office of children and family services to track and report elder abuse","summary":"Requires the office of children and family services to track and report elder abuse and to issue a biennial report to the governor and legislature regarding the incidence of elder abuse in the state.","billno":"S1040A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"KLEIN","committee":"AGING"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1047-2011","title":"Protects children in N.Y. city from child abuse and maltreatment in educational settings","summary":"Includes pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in educational settings.","billno":"S1047-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"PARKER","committee":"CHILDREN AND FAMILIES"}]