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Senate Bill S4015
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2019-S4015 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3529
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §13.25, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S4817, A7128
2013-2014: S2000, A1715
2015-2016: S3623, A1059
2017-2018: S2941, A745
2021-2022: S3478, A70
2023-2024: S7959, A690
2019-S4015 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4015 REVISED 7/29/2019 SPONSOR: CARLUCCI 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, resi- dential homes, inpatient facilities, and all other facilities to install video cameras at all entrances and exits; to ensure safety, the Commis- sioner, in consultation with the State Police, shall develop a system for maintaining such recorded images. Section 2 This act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION:
2019-S4015 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4015 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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. § 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. LBD01090-01-9
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