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Assembly Bill A2221A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties

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2017-A2221 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §16.24, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9615
2013-2014: A3541
2015-2016: A6388
2019-2020: A1395

2017-A2221 - Summary

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to the use of surveillance cameras in all public common areas in residential facilities.

2017-A2221 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2221
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ABINANTI, FAHY -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to duties of provid-
   ers of services for the developmentally disabled
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 16.24 to read as follows:
 § 16.24 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
   (A) (I) SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WITH SOUND CAPABILITY SHALL BE  INSTALLED
 IN  ALL  PUBLIC  COMMON  AREAS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL COMMON
 LIVING AREAS, DINING AREAS, HALLWAYS, CLASSROOMS AND TIME-OUT  ROOMS  IN
 ALL  GROUP  HOMES,  RESIDENTIAL  AND  DAY SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, FUNDED OR OPERATED BY THE OFFICE WHICH PROVIDE  SERVICES  FOR
 CHILDREN OR ADULTS WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
   (II) ALL PUBLIC COMMON AREAS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL COMMON
 LIVING AREAS, DINING AREAS, HALLWAYS, CLASSROOMS AND TIME-OUT ROOMS OF A
 FACILITY  PROVIDING  RESIDENTIAL  CARE  TO  YOUTH SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH
 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WITH SOUND CAPABILITY.
   (B) IN ALL RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES STATEWIDE, FOR CHILDREN WITH  MENTAL
 DISABILITIES  CERTIFIED,  LICENSED,  FUNDED  OR  OPERATED BY THE OFFICE,
 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS MAY BE PLACED IN A CHILD'S, AGE THIRTEEN OR  YOUNG-
 ER, ROOM AT THE REQUEST OF AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CHILD'S PARENT OR
 GUARDIAN AND ONLY IF THE CHILD IS IN A SINGLE OCCUPANCY BEDROOM.
   (C)  ANY  PROVIDER  THAT  FAILS  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY  OF
 NONCOMPLIANCES.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03917-01-7

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2017-A2221A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §16.24, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9615
2013-2014: A3541
2015-2016: A6388
2019-2020: A1395

2017-A2221A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to the use of surveillance cameras in all public common areas in residential facilities.

2017-A2221A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2221--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI, FAHY, D'URSO, ORTIZ, CRESPO, COOK,
   WILLIAMS, DINOWITZ, GALEF, MORINELLO, DICKENS, WALKER, BLAKE,  BARRON,
   GOTTFRIED,  RIVERA,  HOOPER, LAWRENCE, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  HYNDMAN, SIMON, THIELE, WALSH -- read once  and  referred
   to  the  Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Mental Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to duties of provid-
   ers of services for the developmentally disabled
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 16.24 to read as follows:
 § 16.24 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
   (A)  SURVEILLANCE  CAMERAS WITH SOUND CAPABILITY SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
 ALL PUBLIC COMMON AREAS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL COMMON LIVING
 AREAS, DINING AREAS, HALLWAYS, CLASSROOMS  AND  TIME-OUT  ROOMS  IN  ALL
 GROUP  HOMES, RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, DAY SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, FUNDED OR OPERATED BY THE OFFICE WHICH PROVIDE  SERVICES  FOR
 CHILDREN OR ADULTS WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
   (B)  ANY  PROVIDER  THAT  FAILS  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS  PER  DAY
 OF NONCOMPLIANCES.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03917-02-8

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