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NY Exec L § 556 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 20 - Protection of People With Special Needs 556 - Functions, Powers and Duties of the Board.

§ 556. Functions,  powers  and duties of the board. The justice center medical review board shall have  the  following  functions,  powers  and duties:  (a) make a preliminary determination whether the death of a patient or resident  in  a  residential  facility within the meaning of subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of  the  social  services  law that  is  operated, licensed or certified by an office of the department of mental hygiene or the office of children and family  services,  which has  been  brought  to  its  attention  is unusual or whether such death reasonably appears to have resulted from other than natural  causes  and warrants investigation;  (b)  investigate  the  causes  of  and  circumstances surrounding such unusual death or deaths from other than natural causes  of  patients  or residents in such facilities;  (c) visit and inspect any facility in which such a death has occurred;  (d)  cause  the  body  of  the  deceased  to undergo such examinations including an autopsy as in the opinion of the  board  are  necessary  to determine  the  cause of death, irrespective of whether such examination or autopsy shall have been previously performed;  (e) upon review of the cause  of  and  circumstances  surrounding  the death  of  any  patient  or  resident,  submit its report thereon to the executive director  and,  where  appropriate,  make  recommendations  to prevent  the  recurrence  of same to the appropriate commissioner of the department of mental hygiene or the commissioner of children and  family services and to the director of the facility; and  (f)  advise  the  executive director on medical issues relevant to the functions,  powers,  and  duties  of  the   justice   center   including allegations of abuse or neglect of a patient or resident referred to it.
NY Exec L § 557 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 20 - Protection of People With Special Needs 557 - Reports to the Justice Center.

§ 557. Reports  to  the justice center. Every director or other person   in charge of a residential facility within the  meaning  of  subdivision   four  of  section  four  hundred eighty-eight of the social services law   operated, licensed or certified by an office of the department of mental   hygiene or the office of children  and  family  services,  shall  report   immediately  to  the  executive  director and the justice center medical   review board the death of a patient or resident of any such facility  in   such  manner  and  such  form  as  the  justice  center shall prescribe,   together with an autopsy report, if any.
NY Exec L § 560 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 20 - Protection of People With Special Needs 560 - Annual Report.

§  560.  Annual report. The justice center shall make an annual report   to the governor and legislature concerning its work during the preceding   year. Such report shall be posted on the justice  center's  website  and   shall  be  provided  to  the  independent  agency designated pursuant to   subdivision (b) of section five hundred fifty-eight of this article.  It   shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to, data regarding the number of   reports received by the vulnerable persons' central register, results of   investigations by types of facilities and programs, types of  corrective   actions  taken,  results  of  its  review  of patterns and trends in the   reporting  of   and   response   to   reportable   incidents   and   its   recommendations  for  appropriate preventive and corrective actions, and   efforts undertaken by such justice center to provide  training  pursuant   to subdivision four of section five hundred fifty-three of this article.
NY Exec L § 620 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 620 - Declaration of Policy and Legislative Intent.

§ 620. Declaration  of  policy and legislative intent. The legislature   recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal physical injury or   death as a result of criminal acts. Such persons or their dependents may   thereby  suffer  disability,  incur  financial  hardships,   or   become   dependent  upon  public assistance. The legislature finds and determines   that there is a  need  for  government  financial  assistance  for  such   victims  of crime. Accordingly, it is the legislature's intent that aid,   care and support be provided by the state, as a  matter  of  grace,  for   such victims of crime.
NY Exec L § 622 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 622 - Office of Victim Services.

§  622.  Office  of  victim  services.  There is hereby created in the   executive department the office of victim services, hereinafter in  this   article  referred  to  as  the "office". The office shall be headed by a   director, who shall be appointed by the governor for  a  term  of  three   years.  The  director  shall coordinate and recommend policy relating to   the provision of services to crime victims. The director  shall  appoint   staff and perform such other functions to ensure the efficient operation   of   the   office   within   the  amounts  made  available  therefor  by   appropriation.
NY Exec L § 624 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 624 - Eligibility.

§ 624. Eligibility.  1.  Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant  to this article:  (a) a victim of a crime;  (b)   a  surviving  spouse,  domestic  partner,  grandparent,  parent, stepparent, guardian, brother, sister, stepbrother,  stepsister,  child, stepchild  or  grandchild  of  a  victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime;  (c) any other person dependent for his principal support upon a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime;  (d) any person or business represented by a person who has paid for or incurred the burial expenses of a victim who died as a direct result  of such crime, except such person shall not be eligible to receive an award for other than burial expenses unless otherwise eligible under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subdivision;  (e) an elderly victim of a crime;  (f) a disabled victim of a crime;  (g) a child victim of a crime;  (h)  a  parent,  stepparent,  grandparent,  guardian, brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister of a child victim of a crime;  (i) a surviving spouse of a crime victim  who  died  from  causes  not directly  related  to  the crime when such victim died prior to filing a claim with the office or subsequent to filing a claim but prior  to  the rendering  of  a  decision by the office. Such award shall be limited to out-of-pocket loss incurred as a direct result of the crime; and  (j) a spouse, child or stepchild of  a  victim  of  a  crime  who  has sustained personal physical injury as a direct result of a crime.  (k)  a  surviving  spouse,  grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian, brother,  sister,  stepbrother,   stepsister,   child,   stepchild,   or grandchild  of  a  victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime and where such crime occurred in  the  residence  shared  by  such family member or members and the victim.   2.  A  person who is criminally responsible for the crime upon which a claim is based or an accomplice of such person shall not be eligible  to receive an award with respect to such claim. A member of the family of a person  criminally responsible for the crime upon which a claim is based or a member of the family of an accomplice  of  such  person,  shall  be eligible  to  receive an award, unless the office determines pursuant to regulations promulgated to carry out the provisions and purposes of this article, that the person criminally responsible will receive substantial economic benefit or unjust enrichment from  the  compensation.  In  such circumstances  the  award may be reduced or structured in such way as to remove the substantial economic benefit or  unjust  enrichment  to  such person or the claim may be denied.
NY Exec L § 625 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 625 - Filing of Claims.

§ 625. Filing  of claims. 1. A claim may be filed by a person eligible   to receive an award, as provided in section six hundred  twenty-four  of   this  article, or, if such person is under the age of eighteen years, an   incompetent, or a conservatee, by  his  relative,  guardian,  committee,   conservator, or attorney.2. A claim must be filed by the claimant not later than one year after   the occurrence or discovery of the crime upon which such claim is based,   one  year  after  a  court finds a lawsuit to be frivolous, or not later   than one year after the death of the  victim,  provided,  however,  that   upon  good  cause  shown, the office may extend the time for filing. The   office shall extend the time for filing where the claimant  received  no   notice pursuant to section six hundred twenty-five-a of this article and   had  no  knowledge  of  eligibility  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred   twenty-four of this article.3. Claims shall be filed in person, by mail or electronically, in such   manner as the office may prescribe. The office shall accept  for  filing   all  claims  submitted by persons eligible under subdivision one of this   section and alleging the jurisdictional requirements set forth  in  this   article  and  meeting  the  requirements  as  to  form  in the rules and   regulations promulgated to carry out the provisions and purposes of this   article.4. Upon filing of a claim pursuant to this article, the  office  shall   promptly notify the district attorney of the county wherein the crime is   alleged  to  have occurred. If, within ten days after such notification,   such district attorney advises the office that a criminal prosecution is   pending upon the same alleged crime and  requests  that  action  by  the   office  be  deferred,  the office shall defer all proceedings under this   article until such time as such criminal prosecution has been  concluded   and  shall  so notify such district attorney and the claimant. When such   criminal prosecution has been concluded, such  district  attorney  shall   promptly  so  notify the office. Nothing in this section shall limit the   authority of the office to grant emergency awards  pursuant  to  section   six hundred thirty of this article.
NY Exec L § 625-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 625-B - Standardized Victim Notification and Verification Procedures for Police Officers.

§  625-b. Standardized victim notification and verification procedures   for police officers. 1. The commissioner of  the  division  of  criminal   justice  services  in  cooperation  with  the  office  shall develop and   implement a standardized procedure to be used by police officers, county   sheriffs' departments and state police officers whereby victims of crime   are notified about the rights of crime  victims  and  the  existence  of   programs designed to assist crime victims.2.  In  establishing  a  victims  assistance  notification  procedure,   consideration shall be given to  (a)  developing  a  uniform  method  of   informing  victims  of crime of their rights and services available, (b)   including notification as part of a routine task performed in the course   of law enforcement duties, and (c) documenting  a  victim's  receipt  of   such notice.3.  All  state  or  municipal  printed  forms  for  a  police  primary   investigation report shall include a space to indicate that  the  victim   did  or did not receive information on victim's rights, office of victim   services  assistance  and  relevant   local   assistance   pursuant   to   subdivision one of section six hundred twenty-five-a of this article.
NY Exec L § 626 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 626 - Out-of-Pocket Loss; Definition.

§ 626. Out-of-pocket  loss;  definition.  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,  domestic  partner,  grandparents,   parents,   stepparents,   guardians,  brothers,  sisters,  stepbrothers,   stepsisters, children,  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   counseling may be provided  by  local  victim  service  programs,  where   available.  It  shall  also include the cost of residing at or utilizing   services provided by shelters for battered spouses and children who  are   eligible  pursuant to subdivision two of section six hundred twenty-four   of this  article,  and  the  cost  of  reasonable  attorneys'  fees  for   representation  before  the  office and/or before the appellate division   upon judicial review not to exceed one thousand dollars.2. Out-of-pocket loss shall also include the cost of counseling for  a   child victim and the parent, stepparent, grandparent, guardian, brother,   sister,   stepbrother   or   stepsister  of  such  victim,  pursuant  to   regulations promulgated to carry out the provisions and purposes of this   article.3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision  of  this  article,  and   without   regard   to   the   financial   difficulty  of  the  claimant,   out-of-pocket loss also shall  include  the  cost  of  unreimbursed  and   unreimbursable counseling expense or indebtedness reasonably incurred by   relief  workers  who  worked  at  the  World  Trade  Center  site in the   immediate  aftermath  of  the  September  eleventh,  two  thousand   one   terrorist  attacks,  or incurred by individuals who personally witnessed   such attacks, where such counseling expense or indebtedness is  incurred   as  a  direct  result of such work or of the witnessing of such attacks,   and is incurred on or before December thirty-first, two thousand seven.
NY Exec L § 629 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 629 - Judicial Review.

§ 629. Judicial  review.  1.  Within fifteen days after receipt of the   copy of the report containing the final  decision  of  the  office,  the   comptroller shall, if in his judgment the award is illegal or excessive,   notify  the  office  of  his  conclusion,  state  the  reasons  for that   conclusion, and provide specific recommendations for modification.  Upon   receiving  such  notification, the office shall have fifteen days within   which to review and either modify or re-affirm its award. If after  such   modification  or  reaffirmation the comptroller continues to adjudge the   award to be illegal or excessive,  he  may  within  fifteen  days  after   receipt  of such modification or reaffirmation, commence a proceeding in   the appellate division of the supreme court, third department, to review   the decision of the office. Such proceeding shall be heard in a  summary   manner  and  shall  have  precedence  over all other civil cases in such   court. Any claimant aggrieved by a final  decision  of  the  office  may   commence  a  proceeding  to  review  that  decision  pursuant to article   seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.2. Any such proceeding shall be commenced in accordance with the civil   practice law and rules.
NY Exec L § 630 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 630 - Emergency Awards.

§ 630. Emergency  awards. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section   six hundred twenty-seven of this article, if it appears to  the  office,   that  such  claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be   made, and undue hardship  will  result  to  the  claimant  if  immediate   payment is not made, the office may make one or more emergency awards to   the  claimant  pending  a  final decision of the office or payment of an   award in the case, provided, however, that  the  total  amount  of  such   emergency  awards  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  hundred dollars. The   amount of such emergency awards shall be deducted from any  final  award   made to the claimant, and the excess of the amount of any such emergency   award  over  the  amount  of  the final award, or the full amount of any   emergency awards if no final award is  made,  shall  be  repaid  by  the   claimant to the office.2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,   if the crime upon which the claim is based resulted in the death of  the   victim, and it appears to the office that such claim is one with respect   to  which an award probably will be made, and undue hardship will result   to the claimant if immediate payment is not made, the  office  may  make   one  or  more  emergency  awards  to  the claimant for reasonable burial   expenses pending a final decision of the office or payment of  an  award   in  the  case;  provided, however, that the total amount of an emergency   award or awards for reasonable burial expenses shall  not  exceed  three   thousand  dollars. The amount of such emergency award or awards shall be   deducted from any final award made to the claimant, and  the  excess  of   the  amount  of  any  such  award or awards over the amount of the final   award, of the full amount of an emergency award or awards  if  no  final   award is made, shall be repaid by the claimant to the office.
NY Exec L § 631-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 631-A - Crime Victim Service Programs.

§ 631-a. Crime  victim  service  programs.  1.  The  office shall make grants, within amounts appropriated for that purpose, for  crime  victim service  programs  to  provide  services to crime victims and witnesses. These  programs  shall  be  operated   at   the   community   level   by not-for-profit  organizations, by agencies of local government or by any combination thereof. Crime victim service programs may  be  designed  to serve  crime victims and witnesses in general in a particular community, or may be designed to serve a category of  persons  with  special  needs relating to a particular kind of crime.   2.  The  director  shall  promulgate  regulations,  relating  to these grants, including guidelines for its determinations.  (a) These regulations shall be designed to promote:  (i) alternative funding sources other than the state, including  local government and private sources;  (ii)  coordination of public and private efforts to aid crime victims; and  (iii) long range development of services to all victims  of  crime  in the  community  and  to  all  victims and witnesses involved in criminal prosecutions.  (b) These regulations shall also provide for services  including,  but not limited to:  (i)   assistance  to  claimants  seeking  crime  victims  compensation benefits;  (ii) referrals, crisis intervention and other counseling services;  (iii) services to elderly victims  and  to  child  victims  and  their families;  (iv) transportation and household assistance; and  (v)  outreach  to  the  community  and  education  and training of law enforcement and other criminal justice officials to the needs  of  crime victims.
NY Exec L § 632 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 632 - Manner of Payment.

§ 632. Manner  of  payment.  1. The award shall be paid in a lump sum,   except that in the case of death  or  protracted  disability  the  award   shall  provide  for periodic payments to compensate for loss of earnings   or support. No award made pursuant to this article shall be  subject  to   execution  or  attachment  other  than  for  expenses resulting from the   injury which is the basis for the claim.2. Where a person entitled to receive an award is a person  under  the   age  of  eighteen years, an incompetent, or a conservatee, the award may   be paid to a relative, guardian, committee, conservator, or attorney  of   such  person  on  behalf  of and for the benefit of such person. In such   case the payee shall be required to file a periodic  accounting  of  the   award  with the office and to take such other action as the office shall   determine is necessary and appropriate for the  benefit  of  the  person   under the age of eighteen years, incompetent or conservatee.
NY Exec L § 633 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 633 - Confidentiality of Records.

§ 633. Confidentiality of records. 1. Records maintained by the office and  proceedings by the office based thereon regarding a claim submitted by a victim  or  a  claimant  shall  be  deemed  confidential  with  the following exceptions:  (a)  requests  for  information based upon legitimate criminal justice purposes;  (b) judicial subpoenas;  (c) requests for information by the victim or claimant or his  or  her authorized representative;  (d)  for  purposes necessary and proper for the administration of this article.   2. All other records, including but not limited to, records maintained pursuant  to  sections  six  hundred  thirty-one-a   and   six   hundred thirty-two-a of this article and proceedings by the office based thereon shall be public record.   3. Any report or record obtained by the office, the confidentiality of which  is  protected  by  any  other  law  or  regulation,  shall remain confidential subject to such law or regulation.
NY Exec L § 635 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 635 - Severability of Provisions.

§ 635. Severability of provisions. If any provision of this article or   the  application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid,   the remainder of this article and the application of such  provision  to   other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
NY Exec L § 640 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 23 - Fair Treatment Standards for Crime Victims 640 - Fair Treatment Standards for Crime Victims.

§ 640. Fair treatment standards for crime victims. 1. The commissioner   of  the  division of criminal justice services, in consultation with the   director  of  the  office  of  victim  services  and  other  appropriate   officials,  shall promulgate standards for the treatment of the innocent   victims of crime by the agencies which  comprise  the  criminal  justice   system of the state.2.  For the purposes of this article the term "criminal justice" shall   include juvenile justice and the objectives and criteria  set  forth  in   sections six hundred forty-one and six hundred forty-two of this article   shall  apply to presentment agencies as defined in subdivision twelve of   section 301.2 of the family court act.