Senate Bill S2692

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the report the correction medical review board is required to issue regarding the death of any inmate

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A4336 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S2692 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4336
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §47, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A6352

2019-S2692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the report the correction medical review board issues regarding the death of any inmate be issued to the governor, the chairman of the assembly committee on correction and the chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction, and requires that such report shall not be redacted except as otherwise required to protect confidential records.

2019-S2692 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2692
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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  the  report  the
   correction  medical  review  board  is required to issue regarding the
   death of any inmate

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of  section 47 of the
 correction law, as added by chapter 865 of the laws of 1975, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (d)  Upon  review  of the cause of death and circumstances surrounding
 the death of any inmate, the board shall submit its  report  thereon  to
 the  commission  AND  TO THE RECIPIENTS OF THE ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SEVENTEEN OF SECTION FORTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE  and,  where
 appropriate,  make  recommendations  to  prevent  the recurrence of such
 deaths to the  commission  and  the  administrator  of  the  appropriate
 correctional  facility.  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  NOT  BE REDACTED EXCEPT AS
 OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL  RECORDS  AND  BEHAV-
 IORAL  HEALTH  RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, RULES,
 AND REGULATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08549-01-9

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