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Assembly Bill A745

2017-2018 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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2017-A745 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2941
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.25, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7128, S4817
2013-2014: A1715, S2000
2015-2016: A1059, S3623
2019-2020: A3529, S4015
2021-2022: A70, S3478
2023-2024: A690, S7959
2025-2026: S6115

2017-A745 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A745 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    745
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GUNTHER, DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, JAFFEE, WEPRIN,
   SIMANOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE, KEARNS, BARRETT,  FAHY,  JEAN-PIERRE,
   ABINANTI, MONTESANO, RAIA, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   ARROYO,  BRAUNSTEIN,  GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Mental Health

 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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD02949-01-7

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