Bill Text: NY A01395 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to the use of surveillance cameras in all public common areas in residential facilities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to mental health [A01395 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01395-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1395
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI, FAHY, D'URSO, ORTIZ, CRESPO, COOK,
          WILLIAMS, DINOWITZ, GALEF, MORINELLO, DICKENS, WALKER, BLAKE,  BARRON,
          GOTTFRIED,  RIVERA,  LAWRENCE, LAVINE, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A.  HYNDMAN, SIMON, THIELE, WALSH -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Mental Health
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to duties of provid-
          ers of services for the developmentally disabled
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  16.24 to read as follows:
     3  § 16.24 Surveillance cameras.
     4    (a)  Surveillance  cameras with sound capability shall be installed in
     5  all public common areas including, but not limited to, all common living
     6  areas, dining areas, hallways, classrooms  and  time-out  rooms  in  all
     7  group  homes, residential facilities, day schools and programs licensed,
     8  certified, funded or operated by the office which provide  services  for
     9  children or adults with mental or physical disabilities.
    10    (b)  Any  provider  that  fails  to  implement  the provisions of this
    11  section may be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars  per  day
    12  of noncompliances.
    13    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
    14  law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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