Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 13, 2015 |
signed chap.104 |
Aug 03, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2015 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.633 substituted for a8235 |
Jun 17, 2015 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1794 |
Jun 13, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5956
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2015-S5956 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8235
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง624 & 626, Exec L
2015-S5956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5956 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- (at request of the Governor) -- 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 counseling for grand- children of homicide victims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 624 of the execu- tive law, as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (b) a surviving spouse, grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, child, [or] stepchild OR GRANDCHILD of a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime; S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 626 of the executive law, as amended by section 17 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 1. Out-of-pocket loss shall mean unreimbursed and unreimbursable expenses or indebtedness reasonably incurred for medical care or other services necessary as a result of the injury upon which such claim is based, including such expenses incurred as a result of the exacerbation of a pre-existing disability or condition directly resulting from the crime or causally related to the crime. Such expenses or indebtedness shall include the cost of counseling for the eligible spouse, grandpar- ents, parents, stepparents, guardians, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, children, [or] stepchildren OR GRANDCHILDREN of a homicide victim, and crime victims who have sustained a personal physical injury as the direct result of a crime and the spouse, children or stepchildren of such physically injured victim. For the purposes of this subdivision, the victim of a sex offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law is presumed to have suffered physical injury. Such coun- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12021-01-5
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