Bill Text: NY A08226 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that when a person is under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer, representative or entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the medical and mental health needs of such person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-15 - SIGNED CHAP.103 [A08226 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08226-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8226

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to  medical  attention
          for persons under arrest

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section  28
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  28.  Medical  attention  for persons under arrest. When a person is
     4  under arrest or otherwise in the custody  of  a  police  officer,  peace
     5  officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer,
     6  representative  or  entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the
     7  medical and mental health needs of such person,  and  obtain  assistance
     8  and  treatment  of  such needs for such person, which are reasonable and
     9  provided in good faith under the circumstances. Any person who  has  not
    10  received  such reasonable and good faith attention, assistance or treat-
    11  ment and who, as a result, suffers injury or significant exacerbation of
    12  an injury or condition shall have a cause of action against  such  offi-
    13  cer, representative, and/or entity. In any such civil action, the court,
    14  in addition to awarding monetary damages and costs, may award reasonable
    15  attorneys' fees to a successful plaintiff.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13190-01-9