Bill Text: NY S04817 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | 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: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-30 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S04817 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S04817-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4817
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2011
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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 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10827-01-1
