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Senate Bill S3623

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrance/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities

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2015-S3623 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1059
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง13.25, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4817, A7128
2013-2014: S2000, A1715
2017-2018: S2941, A745
2019-2020: S4015, A3529
2021-2022: S3478, A70
2023-2024: S7959, A690
2025-2026: S6115

2015-S3623 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

2015-S3623 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3623

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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.
  S  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.
                                                           LBD01666-01-5

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