Bill Text: NY S03393 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Requires wardens or superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from state and federal agencies and municipalities in the event of an emergency, including loss of power, heat, or water or a medical state of emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-16 - PRINT NUMBER 3393B [S03393 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03393-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         3393--B

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 6, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  BAILEY,  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Crime
          Victims,  Crime  and Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction in
          accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee

        AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring wardens or
          superintendents of correctional facilities to accept  assistance  from
          state and federal agencies and municipalities

          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 27 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 27. Assistance by state and federal agencies and municipalities. The
     4  warden or superintendent of any state  institution  in  the  department,
     5  having  due  regard  to  the  safety  of the inmates and property of the
     6  institution, shall accept humanitarian aid from state or  federal  agen-
     7  cies  or  from  municipalities  in  the  event  of an emergency. For the
     8  purposes of this section, an  "emergency"  shall  include,  but  not  be
     9  limited to, loss of power, heat or water or a medical state of emergency
    10  and  "humanitarian  aid"  shall  mean  material  assistance actually and
    11  reasonably necessary,  including  but  not  limited  to  bottled  water,
    12  medical  supplies and supply kits, battery or solar powered flashlights,
    13  blankets, monetary donations, medical prevention  supplies  mandated  by
    14  the  centers  for  disease control and prevention and mandatory outbreak
    15  plans which are comparable in standards and regulations  for  healthcare
    16  centers,  to  alleviate  suffering and provide support to staff, inmates
    17  and other individuals on site at any state institution during  an  emer-
    18  gency.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09630-05-0
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