§ 6444. Response to reports. 1. Every institution shall ensure that\nreporting individuals are advised of their right to:\n a. Notify university police or campus security, local law enforcement,\nand/or state police;\n b. Have emergency access to a Title IX Coordinator or other\nappropriate official trained in interviewing victims of sexual assault\nwho shall be available upon the first instance of disclosure by a\nreporting individual to provide information regarding options to\nproceed, and, where applicable, the importance of preserving evidence\nand obtaining a sexual assault forensic examination as soon as possible,\nand detailing that the criminal justice process utilizes different\nstandards of proof and evidence and that any questions about whether a\nspecific incident violated the penal law should be addressed to law\nenforcement or to the district attorney. Such official shall also\nexplain whether he or she is authorized to offer the reporting\nindividual confidentiality or privacy, and shall inform the reporting\nindividual of other reporting options;\n c. Disclose confidentially the incident to institution\nrepresentatives, who may offer confidentiality pursuant to applicable\nlaws and can assist in obtaining services for reporting individuals;\n d. Disclose confidentially the incident and obtain services from the\nstate or local government;\n e. Disclose the incident to institution representatives who can offer\nprivacy or confidentiality, as appropriate, and can assist in obtaining\nresources for reporting individuals;\n f. File a report of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating\nviolence, and/or stalking and the right to consult the Title IX\nCoordinator and other appropriate institution representatives for\ninformation and assistance. Reports shall be investigated in accordance\nwith institution policy and a reporting individual's identity shall\nremain private at all times if said reporting individual wishes to\nmaintain privacy;\n g. Disclose, if the accused is an employee of the institution, the\nincident to the institution's human resources authority or the right to\nrequest that a confidential or private employee assist in reporting to\nthe appropriate human resources authority;\n h. Receive assistance from appropriate institution representatives in\ninitiating legal proceedings in family court or civil court; and\n i. Withdraw a complaint or involvement from the institution process at\nany time.\n 2. Every institution shall ensure that, at a minimum, at the first\ninstance of disclosure by a reporting individual to an institution\nrepresentative, the following information shall be presented to the\nreporting individual: "You have the right to make a report to university\npolice or campus security, local law enforcement, and/or state police or\nchoose not to report; to report the incident to your institution; to be\nprotected by the institution from retaliation for reporting an incident;\nand to receive assistance and resources from your institution."\n 3. Every institution shall ensure that reporting individuals have\ninformation about resources, including intervention, mental health\ncounseling, and medical services, which shall include information on\nwhether such resources are available at no cost or for a fee. Every\ninstitution shall also provide information on sexually transmitted\ninfections, sexual assault forensic examinations, and resources\navailable through the New York state office of victim services,\nestablished pursuant to section six hundred twenty-two of the executive\nlaw.\n 4. Every institution shall ensure that individuals are provided the\nfollowing protections and accommodations:\n a. When the accused or respondent is a student, to have the\ninstitution issue a "no contact order" consistent with institution\npolicies and procedures, whereby continued intentional contact with the\nreporting individual would be a violation of institution policy subject\nto additional
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