Senate Bill S1942A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides voice communication service to incarcerated people at no cost; repealer

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S1942 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2164
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §623, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6276, A7658
2021-2022: S3512, A3096, A3402

2023-S1942 - Summary

Relates to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities at no cost.

2023-S1942 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1942 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1942
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY, CLEARE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
   JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered  printed,
   and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,
   Crime and Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction  law,  in  relation  to  providing  voice
   communication services to incarcerated individuals  at no cost
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law, as  amended  by  chapter
 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §   623.   [Incarcerated  individual  telephone]  VOICE  COMMUNICATION
 services FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.  1.  [Telephone]  VOICE  COMMUNI-
 CATION  services contracts for incarcerated individuals in state correc-
 tional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as  set
 forth  in  article  eleven  of the state finance law [provided, however,
 that when determining the best value  of  such  telephone  service,  the
 lowest possible cost to the telephone user shall be emphasized].
   2. [The department shall make available either a "prepaid" or "collect
 call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service. Under the
 "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in order to pay
 for  station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this subdivision
 shall require the department to provide or administer a prepaid  system.
 Under  a  "collect call" system, call recipients are billed for the cost
 of an accepted telephone call initiated by an  incarcerated  individual.
 Under  such "collect call" system, the provider of incarcerated individ-
 ual telephone service, as an additional means of  payment,  must  permit
 the  recipient  of incarcerated individual calls to establish an account
 with such provider in order to deposit funds to  pay  for  such  collect
 calls  in  advance]  STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION
 AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES  AND  JUVENILE
 DETENTION FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE PERSONS IN THEIR CUSTODY AND CONFINED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05082-01-3
              

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2023-S1942A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2164
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §623, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6276, A7658
2021-2022: S3512, A3096, A3402

2023-S1942A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities at no cost.

2023-S1942A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1942A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1942--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
   GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, SALAZAR,  STAVISKY
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- recommitted to
   the  Committee  on  Crime  Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance
   with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to providing voice
   communication services to incarcerated individuals  at no cost; and to
   repeal section 623 of the correction law related thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  623  of the correction law is REPEALED and a new
 section 623 is added to read as follows:
   § 623. COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE CONFINED TO CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES.
 1.    STATE  AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE
 PRISONS AND YOUTH RESIDENTIAL  PLACEMENTS  OR  DETENTION  CENTERS  SHALL
 PROVIDE  PERSONS  IN  THEIR  CUSTODY  AND  CONFINED IN A CORRECTIONAL OR
 DETENTION FACILITY WITH VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE. SUCH STATE AGENCIES
 MAY SUPPLEMENT VOICE  COMMUNICATION  SERVICE  WITH  OTHER  COMMUNICATION
 SERVICES,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VIDEO COMMUNICATION AND ELEC-
 TRONIC MAIL OR MESSAGING SERVICES. TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH VOICE  COMMU-
 NICATION  SERVICE  OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICE IS PROVIDED, WHICH
 SHALL NOT BE LIMITED BEYOND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND  ROUTINE  FACILITY
 PROCEDURES,  EACH  SUCH  SERVICE SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE
 PERSON INITIATING AND THE PERSON RECEIVING THE COMMUNICATION.
   2. NO STATE AGENCY SHALL RECEIVE REVENUE FROM THE PROVISION  OF  VOICE
 COMMUNICATION SERVICES OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO ANY PERSON
 CONFINED IN A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR YOUTH RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT
 OR DETENTION CENTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05082-04-4
 S. 1942--A                          2
              

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