New York Social Services Law Article 6-A - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT

• 459-a - Definitions.
  As used in this article: 1. "Victim of domestic violence" means any person over the age of sixteen, any married person or any parent accompanied...
• 459-b - Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.
  * In accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the regulations of the office of children and family services, a social services...
• 459-c - Non-Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.
  1. In accordance with the provisions of this section and the regulations of the department, a social services district shall offer and provide non-residential services...
• 459-d - Reporting Requirements.
  The commissioner shall submit a report prior to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and annually thereafter to the governor and the legislature regarding the implementation...
• 459-e - Technical Assistance.
  To the extent that funds are available, the department shall arrange for or provide technical assistance to residential and non-residential programs for victims of domestic...
• 459-f - Fees for Services.
  Any program defined in subdivision four of section four hundred fifty-nine-a of this article may charge a service fee to a victim of domestic violence...
• 459-g - Cooperation of an Abuser Not Required As a Condition of Eligibility for Benefits or Services.
  1. Neither the state, a political subdivision of the state, a public authority, nor any employee or agent thereof shall, in any way, condition eligibility...
• 459-h - Confidentiality.
  1. The street address of any residential program for victims of domestic violence applying for funding pursuant to this article shall be confidential and may...

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