NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1741

Senate Bill S1741

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires wardens or superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from state and federal agencies and municipalities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Jan 13, 2023	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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2023-S1741 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3151
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §27, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S3393
2021-2022: S1052
2025-2026: S4923

2023-S1741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires wardens or superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from state and federal agencies and municipalities in the event of an emergency, including loss of power, heat, or water or a medical state of emergency.

2023-S1741 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1741

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring wardens or
superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from
state and federal agencies and municipalities

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 27 in
relation to assistance by state and federal agencies and municipalities.

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation would authorize and encourage the Superintendent and
Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to accept assistance from
federal and local municipalities in the event of an emergency.  An emer-
gency is defined as but is not limited to, loss of power, heat or water,

or a medical state of emergency. "Humanitarian aid" shall mean material
assistance actually and reasonably necessary, including but not limited
to, bottled water, medical supplies and supply kits, battery or solar
powered flashlights, blankets and monetary donations, to alleviate
suffering and provide support to staff, inmates and other individuals on
site at any state institution during an emergency.

During the last week of January 2019, the people that were detained in
the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) spent multiple days without
heat, water, and medical attention in below freezing temperatures.
Although the Mayor of New York City and New York City's Office of Emer-
gency Management offered emergency provisions, the Bureau of Prisons
refused their help.

In the wake of the COVID19 pandemic we must make sure that prisons
accept all humanitarian aid. Although this legislation will have no
direct impact on MDC since it is a federal facility, these inhumane
conditions have no place in New York State.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

Minimal to the state

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S1741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1741
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  BAILEY,  MYRIE  -- 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 requiring wardens or
   superintendents of correctional facilities to accept  assistance  from
   state and federal agencies and municipalities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 27 to
 read as follows:
   § 27. ASSISTANCE BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND MUNICIPALITIES. THE
 WARDEN OR SUPERINTENDENT OF ANY STATE  INSTITUTION  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT,
 HAVING  DUE  REGARD  TO  THE  SAFETY OF THE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND
 PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTION, SHALL ACCEPT HUMANITARIAN AID FROM STATE OR
 FEDERAL AGENCIES OR FROM MUNICIPALITIES IN THE EVENT  OF  AN  EMERGENCY.
 FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN "EMERGENCY" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO, LOSS OF POWER, HEAT OR WATER OR A MEDICAL STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY AND "HUMANITARIAN AID" SHALL MEAN MATERIAL ASSISTANCE ACTUALLY AND
 REASONABLY  NECESSARY,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  BOTTLED WATER,
 MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND SUPPLY KITS, BATTERY OR SOLAR POWERED  FLASHLIGHTS,
 BLANKETS,  MONETARY  DONATIONS,  MEDICAL PREVENTION SUPPLIES MANDATED BY
 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION  AND  MANDATORY  OUTBREAK
 PLANS  WHICH  ARE COMPARABLE IN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE
 CENTERS, TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO STAFF,  INCARCER-
 ATED  INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ON SITE AT ANY STATE INSTITUTION
 DURING AN EMERGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04662-01-3

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