Bill Text: NY A08360 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires correction officers to undergo a psychological screening on a biannual basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to correction [A08360 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08360-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8360
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    August 12, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Correction
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the correction law, in relation to the psychological
         evaluation of correction officers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 22-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 22-B. PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS.  1.  EVERY  PERSON  EMPLOYED  AS  A
    4  CORRECTION  OFFICER SHALL SUBMIT TO A PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING ON A BIAN-
    5  NUAL BASIS. PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY A PSYCHOLOGIST  LICENSED
    6  UNDER  THE  LAWS  OF  THIS  STATE AS SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS,
    7  SERIOUS CHARACTER DISORDERS,  OR  OTHER  DISORDERS  WHICH  COULD  HINDER
    8  PERFORMANCE ON THE JOB SHALL BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AS
    9  A CORRECTION OFFICER AND SHALL BE PLACED ON MEDICAL LEAVE.
   10    2.  THE  COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL
   11  HEALTH, SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH  A  PERSON  WHO
   12  HAS  BEEN  DEEMED PSYCHOLOGICALLY INELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE AS A CORRECTION
   13  OFFICER. SUCH PROCESS MAY INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS  MEDICATION,  REHABILI-
   14  TATION,  LENGTH  OF  MEDICAL  LEAVE, OR THE TERMINATION OF SUCH PERSON'S
   15  EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
   16    3. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN  ANY  COLLEC-
   17  TIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO, ALTERED, OR AMENDED, ON OR AFTER
   18  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. FAILURE TO INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE IN
   19  SUCH AGREEMENTS SHALL NOT NEGATE THE REQUIREMENT OF  THIS  SECTION,  BUT
   20  MUST  BE  INCLUDED  AS  AN  APPENDIX TO SUCH AGREEMENT OR SUCH AGREEMENT
   21  SHALL BE DEEMED NULL AND VOID AS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   23  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11775-01-5