Assembly Bill A6517

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring mandatory dissemination of information in certain cases of missing children

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6517 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8239
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-t, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A4175

2017-A6517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring mandatory dissemination of information when a child under the age of eighteen is believed to be abducted or an autistic child is missing, and such children are believed to be in danger of serious bodily harm or death.

2017-A6517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6517
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  requiring  mandatory
   dissemination of information in certain cases of missing children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-t
 to read as follows:
   §  837-T.  PLANS  FOR DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN CERTAIN CASES OF
 MISSING CHILDREN.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  EIGHT
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-SEVEN-F  OF THIS ARTICLE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVI-
 SION OF STATE POLICE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, THE DIVISION SHALL,
 BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT AND  THERE-
 AFTER  REGULARLY  UPDATE A UNIFORM PLAN FOR SEARCHING FOR CHILDREN UNDER
 THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN BELIEVED TO BE ABDUCTED AND MISSING  AUTISTIC  CHIL-
 DREN,  WHEN SUCH CHILDREN ARE BELIEVED TO BE IN DANGER OF SERIOUS BODILY
 HARM  OR  DEATH.  SUCH  PLAN  SHALL  INVOLVE  A  PROACTIVE,  COORDINATED
 RESPONSE, PLANNED IN ADVANCE, THAT IS TRIGGERED IMMEDIATELY UPON CONFIR-
 MATION  BY  A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER OR POLICE AGENCY OF A REPORT
 OF SUCH A MISSING CHILD.
   2. SUCH PLANS SHALL, AT THE MINIMUM, REQUIRE THAT:
   (A) THE NAME OF SUCH MISSING CHILD, A DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  CHILD  AND
 OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION SHALL BE PROMPTLY DISPATCHED OVER THE POLICE
 COMMUNICATION  SYSTEM,  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (B) SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED  ORALLY,  ELECTRON-
 ICALLY  OR  BY  FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO ONE OR MORE RADIO STATIONS AND
 OTHER BROADCAST MEDIA OUTLETS SERVING THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, THOSE WHICH HAVE VOLUNTARILY AGREED, IN ADVANCE, TO PROMPTLY
 NOTIFY  OTHER  SUCH  RADIO STATIONS AND OTHER BROADCAST MEDIA OUTLETS IN
 LIKE MANNER;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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