Bill Text: NY S04075 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relates to providing access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04075 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04075-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relates to providing access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04075 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04075-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4075 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law and the judiciary law, in relation to access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters; and to amend the judiciary law, in relation to compensation of legal counsel for certain matters 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 article 15-AA 2 to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 15-AA 4 ACCESS TO SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CERTAIN IMMIGRATION RELATED 5 MATTERS 6 Section 319. Definitions. 7 319-a. Access to services, assistance and eligible benefits. 8 319-b. Federal agencies to investigate and enforce federal 9 immigration laws. 10 319-c. Confidentiality of information. 11 319-d. Custody of certain persons: bail and related pre-trial 12 issues. 13 319-e. Civil immigration warrants. 14 319-f. Limitation on use of certain facilities. 15 319-g. Legal representation. 16 319-h. Prohibition on certain databases and registries. 17 § 319. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms 18 and phrases shall be defined as follows: 19 1. "Agency" shall mean any state or municipal department, board, 20 bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corpo- 21 ration, council, office or other governmental entity performing a 22 governmental or proprietary function for the state or any one or more 23 municipalities thereof. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09294-02-7S. 4075 2 1 2. "Agent" shall mean any officer, official, employee or volunteer 2 working for, employed by or providing assistance to an agency. 3 3. "Civil immigration warrant" shall mean an administrative request 4 for detention issued pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 287.7 or any similar request 5 issued by an agency or agent of the United States for the detention of a 6 person suspected of violating the immigration law of the United States. 7 4. "Federal immigration authority" shall mean any officer, employee or 8 person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of the United States 9 immigration and customs enforcement or any division thereof or any other 10 officer, employee or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of 11 the United States department of homeland security or any other federal 12 entity who is charged with enforcement of the provisions of any federal 13 immigration law. 14 5. "Health care provider" shall mean a health care provider as defined 15 in subdivision six of section two hundred thirty-eight of the public 16 health law. 17 6. "Immigration status" or "immigration status information" shall mean 18 immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual under the laws 19 and regulations of the United States of America. 20 7. "Judicial warrant" shall mean a warrant based on probable cause and 21 issued by a judge serving pursuant to article three of the United States 22 constitution or a federal magistrate judge serving by appointment pursu- 23 ant to 28 U.S.C. § 631, that authorizes a federal immigration authority 24 to take into custody a person who is the subject of such warrant. 25 8. "Law enforcement agency" shall mean any agency that is empowered by 26 law to conduct an investigation or make an arrest for a crime or 27 offense, or any agency that is authorized by law to prosecute or partic- 28 ipate in the prosecution of a crime or offense, or any agency authorized 29 by law to jail, detain or imprison a person under color of law, or any 30 agency employing a police officer, as defined in subdivision thirty-four 31 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law or peace officer, as 32 defined in subdivision thirty-three of section 1.20 of the criminal 33 procedure law. 34 9. "Terrorist screening database" shall mean the United States terror- 35 ist watch list database lawfully maintained by the terrorist screening 36 center of the government of the United States. 37 § 319-a. Access to services, assistance and eligible benefits. 1. No 38 state or local agency, or agent thereof, or health care provider may 39 make any inquiry or record any information concerning the immigration 40 status of a person who is seeking assistance, services or benefits for 41 himself, herself, or a family or household member as defined in subdivi- 42 sion two of section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law 43 or for any other potential beneficiary of such assistance, services or 44 benefits. 45 2. No state or local law enforcement agency, or agent thereof, shall 46 make any inquiry or record any information concerning the immigration 47 status of a person who contacts, approaches or asks for or is in need of 48 the assistance of a law enforcement agency. 49 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this 50 section, limited inquiry and recording of such information concerning 51 the relevant person may be made when, as documented with specificity in 52 such agency, employee or agent's or health care provider's case record 53 of the matter, such person's immigration status is: 54 (a) directly relevant as a lawful criterion for such person's eligi- 55 bility for the specific mode of assistance, services or benefits sought;S. 4075 3 1 (b) directly and highly relevant to the subject matter of a specific, 2 ongoing law enforcement investigation engaged in by such state or local 3 law enforcement agency or agent thereof; 4 (c) specifically required to be obtained by such agency or agent ther- 5 eof, or health care provider, by state or federal law; 6 (d) requested by a health care provider for the benefit of the person, 7 including but not limited to the referral of such person to benefits and 8 services they may be eligible for, provided that the immigration status 9 of such person shall not be documented in any medical record and shall 10 not be disclosed for any purpose; or 11 (e) requested for the benefit of the person by the office for new 12 Americans established pursuant to section ninety-four-b of this chapter, 13 the bureau of refugee and immigration assistance within the office of 14 temporary and disability assistance, or any other similar agency that is 15 assisting such person in matters related to such person's immigration 16 status, provided that the status of such person shall not be disclosed 17 for any purpose. 18 4. In addition to any other right to the assistance of interpretation 19 or translation services, any foreign-born person, or person not profi- 20 cient in the English language, to whom inquiry is made pursuant to this 21 section shall be entitled to the assistance of a neutral and qualified 22 interpreter or translator, as the case may be, with respect to such 23 inquiry, provided at no cost or expense to such person. 24 § 319-b. Federal agencies to investigate and enforce federal immi- 25 gration laws. 1. No state or local law enforcement agency, or agent 26 thereof, shall stop, question, interrogate, investigate or arrest an 27 individual for any of the following: 28 (a) suspected United States immigration or citizenship status 29 violation; 30 (b) suspected civil violation of the United States immigration law or 31 authorized regulations; or 32 (c) a civil immigration warrant. 33 2. No state or local law enforcement agency, nor agent thereof, shall 34 make any inquiry or record any information concerning the immigration 35 status of an individual who contacts, approaches or asks for or is in 36 need of the assistance of a law enforcement agency, except to the extent 37 necessary and authorized pursuant to this article. 38 3. No state or local law enforcement agency, or agent thereof, shall 39 perform the function of or be cross-designated as a federal immigration 40 officer or otherwise engage or significantly assist in the enforcement 41 of federal immigration law, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1357 (g) or any other 42 federal law. Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent detention of a 43 person in accordance with and to the extent permitted by section three 44 hundred nineteen-e of this article. 45 4. In addition to any other right to the assistance of interpretation 46 or translation services, any foreign-born person, or person not profi- 47 cient in the English language, to whom inquiry is made pursuant to 48 subdivision one or two of this section shall be entitled to the assist- 49 ance of a neutral and qualified interpreter or translator, as the case 50 may be, with respect to such inquiry, provided at no cost or expense to 51 such person. 52 § 319-c. Confidentiality of information. Unless disclosure is required 53 by a lawful court order, no state or local agency, or employee or agent 54 thereof, or health care provider or state or local law enforcement agen- 55 cy, or agent thereof, shall provide to a federal immigration authority 56 any information collected or obtained with respect to a person inS. 4075 4 1 accordance with this article or otherwise, including but not limited to 2 home, work or school address, except that: 3 1. immigration status information shall be provided if requested by 4 such federal immigration authority and required to be provided to it in 5 accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1373 or another controlling federal law; 6 2. the division of criminal justice services or a qualified agency, as 7 defined in subdivision nine of section eight hundred thirty-five of this 8 chapter, may provide criminal history information, as defined in para- 9 graph (c) of subdivision one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of 10 this chapter, when lawfully requested about a specific person and such 11 disclosure is permitted by state law; 12 3. except as provided in subdivision four of this section, a health 13 care provider may provide to a federal immigration authority medical 14 record information, not including immigration status information, with 15 the consent of the subject of such medical record information, provided 16 in accordance with the public health law; and 17 4. a state or local agency, or employee or agent thereof, or health 18 care provider or state or local law enforcement agency, or agent there- 19 of, may provide such information, other than the information described 20 in subdivision one of this section, concerning an individual, including 21 but not limited to physical or psychological disability information, 22 status as a victim of or witness to suspected criminal activity, home 23 address, work address, and/or status as an applicant or recipient of 24 public assistance, only with informed written consent of the individual 25 and, if represented by counsel, written authorization by such attorney. 26 § 319-d. Custody of certain persons: bail and related pre-trial 27 issues. 1. Except as provided in section three hundred nineteen-e of 28 this article, no state or local law enforcement agency, or agent there- 29 of, or court shall delay or deny release of a person on recognizance or 30 bail, pursuant to article five hundred thirty of the criminal procedure 31 law or otherwise, on the basis of the person's immigration status, a 32 civil immigration warrant, or a federal immigration authority's request 33 for notification about, transfer of, detention of, or interview or 34 interrogation of such person. 35 2. Upon receipt from a federal immigration authority of a civil immi- 36 gration warrant, or a request for transfer, notification, interview, 37 interrogation or other request, a state or local law enforcement agency, 38 or agent thereof, shall promptly notify the person who is the subject of 39 such warrant or request, provide a copy of such warrant or request to 40 such person, as the case may be, and inform such person of the right to 41 counsel provisions of section three hundred nineteen-g of this article, 42 and, inform such person, reasonably in advance of responding to the 43 federal immigration authority, as to whether or not such agency intends 44 to comply with such warrant or request. 45 3. A person in the custody of a state or local law enforcement agency, 46 or agent thereof, shall be subject to booking, processing, right to 47 counsel, release and transfer procedures, policies and practices of that 48 agency that are at least as protective of individual rights as other 49 persons in such agency's custody, regardless of the person's actual or 50 suspected immigration status. 51 § 319-e. Civil immigration warrants. 1. A state or local law enforce- 52 ment agency, or agent thereof, lawfully holding a person in its custody, 53 may thereafter detain such person solely on the basis of a civil immi- 54 gration warrant, for a single period not exceeding forty-eight hours 55 excluding weekends and holidays, beyond the time when such person would 56 otherwise have been released from such agency's custody, only if:S. 4075 5 1 (a) an authorized federal immigration agency presents such state or 2 local law enforcement agency with a judicial warrant for the detention 3 of the person who is the subject of such civil immigration warrant at 4 the time such civil immigration warrant is presented; or 5 (b) notice has been received from a court or any other governmental 6 entity, documenting that there is probable cause to believe the person 7 illegally reentered the United States after a previous removal or return 8 as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1326, and the person stands convicted of a 9 violent felony offense as defined in subdivision one of section 70.02 of 10 the penal law, or a class A felony offense defined in the penal law, or 11 an offense in any other jurisdiction that has the same essential 12 elements of any such violent felony or class A offense; or 13 (c) such person is identified by such state or local law enforcement 14 agency as a likely match with a person listed in the terrorist screening 15 database. 16 2. Except to the extent that disclosure is required by federal law, no 17 state or local law enforcement agency, or agent thereof, shall provide 18 to a federal immigration authority, or another agency, entity or person 19 on behalf of a federal immigration authority, any information obtained 20 concerning a person who is in or formerly was in the custody of such 21 state or local law enforcement agency, or agent thereof, including but 22 not limited to the person's release date, court appearance date or 23 dates, home, work or school address. 24 3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer any authority 25 on an entity to detain a person based on a civil immigration warrant 26 beyond the authority, if any, to do so that existed prior to the enact- 27 ment of this section. 28 4. This section shall supersede any conflicting policy, rule, proce- 29 dure and practice within the state of New York. Nothing in this section 30 shall be construed to prohibit any entity from cooperating with a feder- 31 al immigration authority to the extent required by federal law. Nothing 32 in this section shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any 33 power, duty or obligation in conflict with any federal law. 34 § 319-f. Limitation on use of certain facilities. 1. No state or local 35 law enforcement agency, or agent thereof, shall provide a federal immi- 36 gration agency, or agent thereof, with access to an individual in such 37 law enforcement agency's custody or control. 38 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, 39 a person in the custody of a state or local law enforcement agency may 40 request to be interviewed by a federal law enforcement agency or an 41 agent thereof only with knowing and voluntary written consent of the 42 individual and, if represented by counsel, written authorization by such 43 counsel, provided that if such individual is not represented and is 44 entitled to counsel assigned pursuant to section three hundred nine- 45 teen-g of this article or article eighteen-B of the county law, he or 46 she shall be notified of such right and provided a reasonable opportu- 47 nity to obtain such counsel before any such interview. 48 3. In addition to any other right to the assistance of interpretation 49 or translation services, any foreign-born person, or person not profi- 50 cient in the English language, to whom inquiry is made pursuant to this 51 section shall be entitled to the assistance of a neutral and qualified 52 interpreter or translator, as the case may be, with respect to such 53 inquiry, provided at no cost or expense to such person. 54 4. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, federal 55 immigration authorities shall not be permitted to use or maintain, for 56 the purpose of interviewing any person or witness or investigating orS. 4075 6 1 adjudicating any alleged violation of federal immigration law, any 2 office or quarters in any building or facility or any land owned, leased 3 or operated by a state or local law enforcement agency. 4 § 319-g. Legal representation. 1. A person unable to afford counsel 5 against whom there is probable cause to commence a removal proceeding or 6 against whom such a proceeding has been commenced, shall be entitled to 7 representation by assigned counsel and related assistance, pursuant to 8 subdivision one of section thirty-five of the judiciary law, when the 9 person: 10 (a) was present in this state when questioned, taken into custody, 11 charged, summoned or presented with the allegations of the removal 12 proceedings, and the person resides or is detained in either this state 13 or an adjoining state; or 14 (b) resided in this state when questioned, taken into custody, 15 charged, summoned or presented with the allegations of the removal 16 proceedings, and the person continues to reside in this state or an 17 adjoining state, or if detained, continues to be detained in either this 18 state or an adjoining state. 19 2. Representation and related assistance provided in accordance with 20 subdivision one of this section shall be a state charge, pursuant to 21 subdivision one of section thirty-five of the judiciary law. 22 § 319-h. Prohibition on certain databases and registries. No state or 23 local law enforcement agency may use any funds, facilities, property, 24 equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide 25 assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program 26 requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of 27 individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orien- 28 tation, religion, or national or ethnic origin. 29 § 2. The opening paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 30 35 of the judiciary law is designated as subparagraph (i) and a new 31 subparagraph (ii) is added to read as follows: 32 (ii) Persons providing assigned counsel and related assistance in 33 immigration-related matters pursuant to section three hundred nineteen-g 34 of the executive law shall be compensated in accordance with this 35 section. In any case where a person entitled to assigned representation 36 pursuant to section three hundred nineteen-g of the executive law 37 petitions the criminal court of the city of New York, the county court 38 or district court, with jurisdiction where the person is to be ques- 39 tioned or detained, or is detained, or was charged in such immigration- 40 related matter, or most recently resided, the court shall assign counsel 41 in accordance with this section. 42 § 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, 43 section or other part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 44 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 45 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its 46 operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or 47 part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment 48 shall have been rendered. 49 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
