2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 23 - (640 - 649) FAIR TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR CRIME VICTIMS
643 - Fair treatment standards for crime victims; agencies generally.

 
    § 643. Fair treatment standards for crime victims; agencies generally.
  1.  As  used  in  this  section, "crime victim-related agency" means any
  agency of state government which provides services to or deals  directly
  with  crime  victims,  including  (a)  the office of children and family
  services, the office for the aging, the division  of  veterans  affairs,
  the office of probation and correctional alternatives, the department of
  corrections  and  community  supervision, the office of victim services,
  the  department  of   motor   vehicles,   the   office   of   vocational
  rehabilitation,  the  workers'  compensation  board,  the  department of
  health, the division of criminal justice services, the office of  mental
  health, every transportation authority and the division of state police,
  and  (b)  any  other  agency so designated by the governor within ninety
  days of the effective date of this section.
    2. Each  crime  victim-related  agency  shall  review  its  practices,
  procedures, services, regulations and laws to determine the adequacy and
  appropriateness of its services with respect to crime victims, including
  victims  with  special  needs,  particularly  the  elderly,  disabled or
  victims of child abuse, domestic violence or sex-related offenses.  Such
  review  shall  include  reasonable  opportunity  for  public comment and
  consultation with  crime  victims  or  their  representatives,  and  may
  include public hearings.
    3.  After the review, and not later than one hundred eighty days after
  the effective date of this section,  each  crime  victim-related  agency
  shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature, setting forth
  the  findings  of  the  review  including  a description of the services
  provided by the agency and recommendations for changes in its practices,
  procedures, services, regulations and laws to improve  its  services  to
  crime  victims  and  to establish and implement fair treatment standards
  for crime victims.
    4. Subject to the  direction  of  the  governor,  and  to  the  extent
  practicable,   each  crime  victim-related  agency  shall  expeditiously
  implement the recommendations of its report.