Bill Text: NY S04015 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4015 (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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES [S04015 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04015-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4015
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 25, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities
        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