NY State Senate Bill 2015-S7374

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 07, 2016	print number 7374a
Jun 07, 2016	amend and recommit to codes
Apr 22, 2016	referred to codes

Bill Amendments

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2015-S7374 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9887
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S3173, A2400

2015-S7374 - Summary

Grants certain Albany Medical Center security services officers with peace officer powers subject to certain conditions.

2015-S7374 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7374

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in
relation to granting peace officer status to certain security services
officers employed by Albany Medical Center

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Designates security services officers of Albany Medical Center as
peace officers

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

This bill would amend Section 2.10 of the Criminal Procedure Law by
adding a new subdivision 85 designating as peace officers members of
the security force employed by Albany Medical Center within certain
buildings on the medical center campus located in Albany, New York.
The powers granted to the officers shall be limited to the powers
provided for in section 9.41 of the mental hygiene law and the powers
listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d),

(h), (i) and (j) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article.
In order to exercise such powers, an officer must have actual
knowledge, or probable cause to believe, that an individual has
committed an offense. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to
authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a

firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued
pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Albany Medical Center is a unique hospital located in the State's
capital with 734 patient beds and almost 8,500 employees.  In addition
to serving the general population, Albany Medical Center contracts
with the New York State Department of Corrections to provide treatment
to state correctional facility inmates in need of medical attention.
They have a psychiatric unit that houses potentially violent and
unstable individuals and also receives thousands of transfers from
surrounding hospitals unable to treat certain patients. It is an "open
campus" where hundreds of people freely enter and exit numerous points
of access, all of which substantially increases the likelihood of an
incident. Granting peace officer status to Albany Medical Center
security staff would allow the hospital to immediately address
behavioral emergencies, providing a significantly safer environment at
the campus.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately

2015-S7374 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 7374                                                  A. 9887

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, McDONALD -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
  peace officer status to certain security services officers employed by
  Albany Medical Center

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 84 to read as follows:
  84.  MEMBERS  OF  THE SECURITY FORCE EMPLOYED BY ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER
WITHIN AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE  BUILDINGS  ON  THE  MEDICAL  CENTER
CAMPUS  LOCATED AT 43 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, ALBANY, NEW YORK; ALBANY MEDICAL
COLLEGE, 47 NEW SCOTLAND AVE IN ALBANY, NEW YORK; THE ADJACENT AND SEPA-
RATE GARAGES LOCATED AT 40 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, 60 NEW  SCOTLAND  AVE,  AND
405  MYRTLE  AVE,  ALBANY, NEW YORK; ADJACENT MEDICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 391 MYRTLE AVE, 16 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, 22  NEW  SCOT-
LAND AVE, 50 NEW SCOTLAND AVE; 628 MADISON AVE, IN ALBANY, NEW YORK; THE
SOUTH CLINICAL CAMPUS AND ADJACENT BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 23 HACKETT BLVD,
25 HACKETT BLVD, 35 HACKETT BLVD, 58-60 HACKETT BLVD, 1 CLARA BARTON DR;
14  ST.  JAMES  PL,  ALBANY,  NEW  YORK;  AND THE 1275 BROADWAY BUILDING
LOCATED IN MENANDS, NEW YORK, ALL OF WHICH  ARE  OWNED  OR  OPERATED  BY
ALBANY  MEDICAL  CENTER.  THESE  OFFICERS  SHALL ONLY HAVE THE POWERS IN
SECTION 9.41 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND THE POWERS  LISTED  IN  PARA-
GRAPHS  (A),  (B),  (C),  (D),  (H),  (I)  AND (J) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. PROVIDED THAT IN  ORDER  TO  EXERCISE  THE
POWERS  SET  FORTH  IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE OFFICER HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE, OR PROB-
ABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE, THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS  COMMITTED  AN  OFFENSE;
PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT  NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO
AUTHORIZE SUCH OFFICER TO CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM
UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR  HAS  BEEN  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15024-01-6

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9887
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S3173, A2400

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants certain Albany Medical Center security services officers with peace officer powers subject to certain conditions.

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7374A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in
relation to granting peace officer status to certain security services
officers employed by Albany Medical Center

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Designates security services officers of Albany Medical Center as
peace officers.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

This bill would amend Section 2.10 of the Criminal Procedure Law by
adding a new subdivision 85 designating as peace officers members of
the security force employed by Albany Medical Center within certain
buildings on the medical center campus located in Albany, New York.
The powers granted to the officers shall be limited to the powers
provided for in section 9.41 of the mental hygiene law, the powers
listed in paragraphs (c) and (h) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of
this article and the power to detain an individual for a reasonable
period of time while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement. In order
to exercise such powers, an officer must have actual knowledge, or
probable cause to believe, that an individual has committed an
offense. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such
officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the

appropriate license therefor has been issued pursuant to section
400.00 of the penal law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Albany Medical Center is a unique hospital located in the State's
capital with 734 patient beds and almost 8,500 employees. In addition
to serving the general population, Albany Medical Center contracts
with the New York State Department of Corrections to provide treatment
to state correctional facility inmates in need of medical attention.
They have a psychiatric unit that houses potentially violent and
unstable individuals and also receives thousands of transfers from
surrounding hospitals unable to treat certain patients. It is an "open
campus" where hundreds of people freely enter and exit numerous points
of access, all of which substantially increases the likelihood of an
incident.

Granting peace officer status to Albany Medical Center security staff
would allow the hospital to immediately address behavioral
emergencies, providing a significantly safer environment at the
campus.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 7374--A                                            A. 9887--A

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Codes --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, McDONALD -- read once and
  referred to the Committee  on  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
  peace officer status to certain security services officers employed by
  Albany Medical Center

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 84 to read as follows:
  84.  MEMBERS  OF  THE SECURITY FORCE EMPLOYED BY ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER
WITHIN AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE  BUILDINGS  ON  THE  MEDICAL  CENTER
CAMPUS  LOCATED AT 43 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, ALBANY, NEW YORK; ALBANY MEDICAL
COLLEGE, 47 NEW SCOTLAND AVE IN ALBANY, NEW YORK; THE ADJACENT AND SEPA-
RATE GARAGES LOCATED AT 40 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, 60 NEW  SCOTLAND  AVE,  AND
405  MYRTLE  AVE,  ALBANY, NEW YORK; ADJACENT MEDICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 391 MYRTLE AVE, 16 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, 22  NEW  SCOT-
LAND AVE, 50 NEW SCOTLAND AVE; 628 MADISON AVE, IN ALBANY, NEW YORK; THE
SOUTH CLINICAL CAMPUS AND ADJACENT BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 23 HACKETT BLVD,
25 HACKETT BLVD, 35 HACKETT BLVD, 58-60 HACKETT BLVD, 1 CLARA BARTON DR;
14  ST.  JAMES  PL,  ALBANY,  NEW  YORK;  AND THE 1275 BROADWAY BUILDING
LOCATED IN MENANDS, NEW YORK, ALL OF WHICH  ARE  OWNED  OR  OPERATED  BY
ALBANY  MEDICAL  CENTER.  THESE  OFFICERS  SHALL ONLY HAVE THE POWERS IN
SECTION 9.41 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND THE POWERS  LISTED  IN  PARA-
GRAPHS  (C)  AND (H) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE,
AS WELL AS THE POWER TO DETAIN AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD  OF
TIME  WHILE  AWAITING  THE ARRIVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROVIDED THAT THE
OFFICER HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE, OR PROBABLE CAUSE TO  BELIEVE,  THAT  SUCH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD15024-02-6

S. 7374--A                          2                         A. 9887--A

INDIVIDUAL  HAS  COMMITTED AN OFFENSE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN
THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE  SUCH  OFFICER  TO  CARRY,
POSSESS,  REPAIR  OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE
THEREFOR HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S7374

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

Bill Amendments

2015-S7374 - Details

2015-S7374 - Summary

2015-S7374 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7374 - Bill Text download pdf

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Neil D. Breslin

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

Bill Amendments

2015-S7374 - Details

2015-S7374 - Summary

2015-S7374 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7374 - Bill Text download pdf

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7374A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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