Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Jun 03, 2015 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 13, 2015 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Senate Bill S3623
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2015-S3623 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1059
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง13.25, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S4817, A7128
2013-2014: S2000, A1715
2017-2018: S2941, A745
2019-2020: S4015, A3529
2021-2022: S3478, A70
2023-2024: S7959, A690
2015-S3623 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3623 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring video cameras in facilities operated by the office for people with developmental disabilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To allow the Office for people with Developmental Disabilities to place video cameras on the entrance and exit of all facilities. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 - Amends the mental hygiene law to provide that, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, including group homes, residential homes, inpatient facilities, and all other facilities to install video cameras at all entrances and exits; to ensure safety the commissioner, in consultation with the State police, shall develop a system for maintaining such recorded images. Section 2 - This act shall take effect on the 180th day after it shall have become law. JUSTIFICATION: This act shall informally be known as "Paula's Law" for Paula Liblick a 61 year old OPWDD resident in a group home in the Hudson Valley. Ms. Liblick was assaulted and raped by a intruder to the home but since no mechanism existed to catalogue visitors to the
2015-S3623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3623 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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: Section 1. Section 13.25 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows: (C) FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE, INCLUDING GROUP HOMES, RESIDEN- TIAL HOMES, INPATIENT FACILITIES AND ALL OTHER FACILITIES UNDER THIS TITLE SHALL INSTALL VIDEO CAMERAS AT ALL ENTRANCES AND EXITS. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE POLICE, SHALL DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING SUCH RECORDED IMAGES. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01666-01-5
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