Bill Text: NY S06044 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish and maintain a public website that provides information concerning specific visitation rules, regulations, policies and procedures for all correctional facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-24 - PRINT NUMBER 6044A [S06044 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06044-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                        6044--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 4, 2012
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  DILAN,  DUANE,  OPPENHEIMER, PARKER,
         PERKINS, SAVINO, STEWART-COUSINS -- 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
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to notification of rules
         and regulations of correctional facilities concerning visitors
         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 138-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 138-A. NOTIFICATION OF VISITATION POLICIES. THE COMMISSIONER OF  THE
    4  DEPARTMENT  OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION SHALL ESTABLISH AND
    5  MAINTAIN ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE INFORMATION CONCERNING  SPECIFIC  VISITA-
    6  TION  RULES,  REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EACH CORRECTIONAL
    7  FACILITY. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,  VISIT-
    8  ING  DAYS  AND  HOURS,  LENGTH  AND  NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE VISITS, MAXIMUM
    9  NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER VISIT,  DRESS  CODE,  GUIDELINES  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH
   10  MEDICAL   AND   OTHER   SPECIAL  NEEDS  INCLUDING  PHYSICAL  ACCESS  AND
   11  RESTRICTIONS ON MEDICATIONS WHILE IN  THE  FACILITY,  INFANT  CARE,  AND
   12  ITEMS  WHICH ARE RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED BY VISITORS.  THE COMMISSIONER
   13  SHALL REGULARLY UPDATE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE  PURSUANT
   14  TO THIS SECTION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT SUCH INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND
   15  THAT  VISITORS  ARE  NOTIFIED  OF ANY NEW OR CHANGED RULES, REGULATIONS,
   16  POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE A
   17  TELEPHONE NUMBER OR NUMBERS THAT PERSONS MAY CALL FOR INFORMATION  ABOUT
   18  THE  VISITING RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AT THE VARIOUS
   19  FACILITIES. SUCH TELEPHONE NUMBER OR NUMBERS SHALL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE
   20  WEBSITE.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   22  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13735-03-2
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