Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 30, 2024 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 25, 2024 |
print number 2164a |
Mar 25, 2024 |
amend (t) and recommit to correction |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to correction |
Jan 23, 2023 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A2164A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
EPSTEIN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
Rebecca Seawright
Anna Kelles
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
2023-A2164 - Details
2023-A2164 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2164 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, KELLES, GONZALEZ-RO- JAS, FORREST, JACKSON, DAVILA, GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals at no cost THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: § 623. [Incarcerated individual telephone] VOICE COMMUNICATION services FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 1. [Telephone] VOICE COMMUNI- CATION services contracts for incarcerated individuals in state correc- tional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as set forth in article eleven of the state finance law [provided, however, that when determining the best value of such telephone service, the lowest possible cost to the telephone user shall be emphasized]. 2. [The department shall make available either a "prepaid" or "collect call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service. Under the "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in order to pay for station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this subdivision shall require the department to provide or administer a prepaid system. Under a "collect call" system, call recipients are billed for the cost of an accepted telephone call initiated by an incarcerated individual. Under such "collect call" system, the provider of incarcerated individ- ual telephone service, as an additional means of payment, must permit the recipient of incarcerated individual calls to establish an account with such provider in order to deposit funds to pay for such collect calls in advance] STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE PERSONS IN THEIR CUSTODY AND CONFINED IN A CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY WITH VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05082-01-3
co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
Rebecca Seawright
Anna Kelles
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
2023-A2164A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A2164A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2164--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, KELLES, GONZALEZ-RO- JAS, FORREST, JACKSON, DAVILA, GIBBS, TAPIA, AUBRY, LEVENBERG, BURDICK, REYES, SHRESTHA, MAMDANI, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, CUNNINGHAM, RAGA, WALKER, SEPTIMO, BORES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Correction in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals at no cost; and to repeal section 623 of the correction law related thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law is REPEALED and a new section 623 is added to read as follows: § 623. COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE CONFINED TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. STATE AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE PRISONS AND YOUTH RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS OR DETENTION CENTERS SHALL PROVIDE PERSONS IN THEIR CUSTODY AND CONFINED IN A CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY WITH VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE. SUCH STATE AGENCIES MAY SUPPLEMENT VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE WITH OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VIDEO COMMUNICATION AND ELEC- TRONIC MAIL OR MESSAGING SERVICES. TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH VOICE COMMU- NICATION SERVICE OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICE IS PROVIDED, WHICH SHALL NOT BE LIMITED BEYOND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND ROUTINE FACILITY PROCEDURES, EACH SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE PERSON INITIATING AND THE PERSON RECEIVING THE COMMUNICATION. 2. NO STATE AGENCY SHALL RECEIVE REVENUE FROM THE PROVISION OF VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICES OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO ANY PERSON CONFINED IN A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR YOUTH RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT OR DETENTION CENTER. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05082-05-4
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