Bill Text: NY A03529 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3529 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A03529 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03529-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3529
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GUNTHER, DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, JAFFEE, WEPRIN,
          ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE, BARRETT, FAHY, JEAN-PIERRE, ABINANTI,  MONTESANO,
          RAIA,  McDONOUGH, M. G. MILLER, SANTABARBARA, FERNANDEZ -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO,  BRAUNSTEIN,  GALEF  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Mental Health
        AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring video
          cameras in facilities operated by the office for people with  develop-
          mental disabilities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13.25 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c) Facilities operated by the office, including group homes, residen-
     4  tial  homes,  inpatient  facilities  and all other facilities under this
     5  title shall install video  cameras  at  all  entrances  and  exits.  The
     6  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the state police, shall develop a
     7  system for maintaining such recorded images.
     8    § 2.  This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  eightieth  day
     9  after it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01090-01-9