A. 9505-B/S.7505-B (Part XX (A))
Amends the “Safe Way Home Act” of 2019 (S.3966-A/A.5775-A) by repealing the Executive Law section requiring OVS to pay expenses incurred in transporting victims of sexual offenses home from hospitals after sexual assault examinations, and amending the relevant Public Health Law sections to require that a rape crisis or victim services organization providing victim assistance within the geographic area served by the hospital provide such transportation within the organization’s service area at no cost to victims.
Signed: April 3, 2020 Chapter 55 – Budget Bill: Subpart A of Part XX Effective: March 22, 2020, the same date and manner as the law it amends Repeals: §631-b of the Executive Law Amends: Public Health Law §2805-i (1)(b); (4-b)(b)(3); and (6)(a)(1