Bill Text: NY S07582 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-18 - referred to insurance [S07582 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07582-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7582--B
            Cal. No. 725
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2018
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        Introduced by Sens. HELMING, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE, GALLI-
          VAN, GOLDEN, JACOBS, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, ORTT, RITCHIE,
          ROBACH,  SAVINO,  YOUNG  --  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 -- reported favorably from
          said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance --  committee
          discharged  and  said  bill  committed  to  the  Committee on Rules --
          reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  a  third  reading,
          passed  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
          sidered, restored to third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to contraband screening
          at correctional facilities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  112 of the correction law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. The commissioner shall establish a contraband screening plan  which
     4  shall include, but not be limited to:
     5    (a) the use of a leashed and controlled canine trained to detect ille-
     6  gal  drugs at the entrance of each correctional facility at a minimum of
     7  twelve facilities per week, provided such minimum shall be  recalculated
     8  by  the  commissioner  if  any  correctional  facilities are closed on a
     9  random but rotating basis to ensure all facilities are included;
    10    (b) the search of visitors, correctional staff, bags and  other  items
    11  entering  the  facility  which may include, but not be limited to, elec-
    12  tronic searches, metal detectors, pat searches, visual searches of  oral
    13  cavities,   and   any  other  legal  technology  at  the  commissioner's
    14  discretion; and
    15    (c) the training of staff on up to date and current contraband screen-
    16  ing procedures.
    17    (d) The commissioner shall provide a copy of such contraband screening
    18  plan as well as the prior year's  plan  including  but  not  limited  to
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 7582--B                          2
     1  results of the canine assignments, number of attempts to promote contra-
     2  band and the number of urine tests and their results conducted statewide
     3  by facilities to the legislature by December thirty-first each year.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.