Bill Text: NY A06041 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires police officers to successfully complete on an annual basis training for interactions with the mentally disabled.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A06041 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06041-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6041
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 13, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  administrative  code  of  the
         city  of  New  York, in relation to training for interactions with the
         mentally disabled by police officers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 214-D. TRAINING FOR INTERACTIONS WITH THE MENTALLY  DISABLED.    THE
    4  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL,  FOR  ALL MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE, PROMULGATE
    5  RULES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
    6  SECTION THAT REQUIRE EVERY MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE  SUBJECT  TO  THIS
    7  ARTICLE  TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TRAINING FOR INTER-
    8  ACTIONS WITH THE  MENTALLY  DISABLED.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,
    9  "MENTAL  DISABILITY"  SHALL  BE DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF
   10  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   11    S 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
   12  adding a new section 14-109.1 to read as follows:
   13    S  14-109.1 TRAINING FOR INTERACTIONS WITH THE MENTALLY DISABLED.  THE
   14  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  WITHIN  SIX  MONTHS
   15  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION THAT REQUIRE EVERY MEMBER OF
   16  THE POLICE FORCE SUBJECT TO THIS TITLE TO SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETE  ON  AN
   17  ANNUAL  BASIS  TRAINING  IN INTERACTIONS WITH THE MENTALLY DISABLED. FOR
   18  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MENTAL DISABILITY" SHALL BE DEFINED  PURSUANT
   19  TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09516-01-3
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