A 7668: Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7668 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY April 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 12. Victim support services notice. The commissioner shall direct 4 the office of victim assistance to provide, upon a conviction for any 5 crime, any victim, or in the case of a homicide, a surviving family 6 member, of such crime written notice of the availability of victim 7 support services programs in the state. Such written notice shall 8 include a statewide listing of victim assistance programs that provide 9 crisis intervention, advocacy, counseling, and other victim support 10 services and shall include a link to the website of the office of victim 11 services. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04140-01-5