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Senate Bill S787
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction 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) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2019-S787 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§137 & 500-k, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S5906
2013-2014: S1401
2015-2016: S976
2017-2018: S3732
2019-S787 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S787 SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to limiting the segre- gated confinement of persons in a correctional facility with serious mental illness PURPOSE: To ensure that inmates are not placed in segregated confinement - a Special Housing Unit (SHU) -- unless they have engaged in highly danger- ous, violent or serious escape-related behavior while incarcerated in that facility. To limit the amount of time that an inmate may spend in a SHU to 30 days, except for an inmate whose behavior exposes a pattern of extreme violence or danger to himself or others. To establish an inde- pendent review board, to be known as the "inmate's special housing unit review council," to determine after 30 days whether continued confine- ment in an SHU is warranted and necessary. The council will be composed of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. One member shall be an attorney, one member shall be a
2019-S787 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 787 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER -- 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 limiting the segre- gated confinement of persons in a correctional facility with serious mental illness THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law are relettered paragraphs (e), (f), (g) and (h) and two new paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to read as follows: (C) INMATES SHALL NOT BE IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR REASON OF DISCIPLINE, DETENTION, ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION, PROTECTIVE CUSTODY, KEEPLOCK, OR ANY OTHER REASON FOR ADMISSION, UNLESS THEY HAVE ENGAGED IN HIGHLY DANGEROUS OR SERIOUS ESCAPE-RELATED BEHAVIOR WHILE INCARCERATED IN THAT FACILITY; (D) CONFINEMENT IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS, EXCEPT FOR AN INMATE WHOSE BEHAVIOR EXPOSES A PATTERN OF EXTREME VIOLENCE OR DANGER TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS AND, PROVIDED THAT FOR THOSE CONFINED LONGER THAN THIRTY DAYS, THERE SHALL BE A REVIEW EVERY THIRTY DAYS BY AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD, TO BE KNOWN AS THE INMATE'S SPECIAL HOUSING UNIT REVIEW COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTINUED SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT IS WARRANTED AND NECESSARY. SUCH COUN- CIL SHALL BE COMPOSED OF SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE AN ATTORNEY ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THIS STATE, ONE MEMBER SHALL BE A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, ONE MEMBER SHALL BE A CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPERT APPOINTED FROM WITHIN EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND ONE MEMBER SHALL BE A FORMER INMATE; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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