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Dec 04, 2020 | print number 7658b |
Dec 04, 2020 | amend (t) and recommit to correction |
Jan 15, 2020 | print number 7658a |
Jan 15, 2020 | amend (t) and recommit to correction |
Jan 08, 2020 | referred to correction |
May 14, 2019 | referred to correction |
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Co-Sponsors
Walter T. Mosley
Dan Quart
Jo Anne Simon
A7658 - Details
A7658 - Summary
Relates to providing voice communication service to incarcerated people in state correctional facilities at no cost; requires agencies charged with the operation and management of state correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities to provide persons in their custody with voice communication service at a minimum of 90 minutes per day.
A7658 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7658 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing telephone service to inmates at no cost THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 623 of the correction law, as added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows: 1. Telephone services contracts for inmates in state correctional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as set forth in article eleven of the state finance law [provided, however, that when determining the best value of such telephone service, the lowest possi- ble cost to the telephone user shall be emphasized]. 2. The department shall [make available either a "prepaid" or "collect call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service. Under the "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in order to pay for station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this subdivision shall require the department to provide or administer a prepaid system. Under a "collect call" system, call recipients are billed for the cost of an accepted telephone call initiated by an inmate. Under such "collect call" system, the provider of inmate telephone service, as an additional means of payment, must permit the recipient of inmate calls to establish an account with such provider in order to deposit funds to pay for such collect calls in advance] PROVIDE TELEPHONE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT IN CORRECTIONAL FACILI- TIES AT NO COST TO THE INDIVIDUALS OR THE RECEIVING PARTIES FOR DOMESTIC TELEPHONE CALLS. 3. The department shall not accept or receive revenue [in excess of its reasonable operating cost] for establishing and administering such EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11453-01-9
Co-Sponsors
Walter T. Mosley
Dan Quart
Jo Anne Simon
A7658A - Details
A7658A - Summary
Relates to providing voice communication service to incarcerated people in state correctional facilities at no cost; requires agencies charged with the operation and management of state correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities to provide persons in their custody with voice communication service at a minimum of 90 minutes per day.
A7658A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7658--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, MOSLEY, QUART, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- recommitted to the Commit- tee on Correction 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 correction law, in relation to providing voice communication service to incarcerated people at no cost THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law, as added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: § 623. [Inmate telephone] VOICE COMMUNICATION services FOR INCARCERAT- ED PEOPLE. 1. [Telephone] VOICE COMMUNICATION services contracts for [inmates] INCARCERATED PEOPLE in state correctional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as set forth in article eleven of the state finance law [provided, however, that when determining the best value of such telephone service, the lowest possible cost to the telephone user shall be emphasized]. 2. [The department shall make available either a "prepaid" or "collect call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service. Under the "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in order to pay for station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this subdivision shall require the department to provide or administer a prepaid system. Under a "collect call" system, call recipients are billed for the cost of an accepted telephone call initiated by an inmate. Under such "collect call" system, the provider of inmate telephone service, as an additional means of payment, must permit the recipient of inmate calls to establish an account with such provider in order to deposit funds to pay for such collect calls in advance] STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACIL- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Walter T. Mosley
Dan Quart
Jo Anne Simon
A7658B (ACTIVE) - Details
A7658B (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to providing voice communication service to incarcerated people in state correctional facilities at no cost; requires agencies charged with the operation and management of state correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities to provide persons in their custody with voice communication service at a minimum of 90 minutes per day.
A7658B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7658--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, MOSLEY, QUART, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- recommitted to the Commit- tee on Correction in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing voice communication service to incarcerated people in state correctional facilities at no cost THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law, as added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: § 623. [Inmate telephone] VOICE COMMUNICATION services FOR INCARCERAT- ED PEOPLE IN THE STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. [Telephone] VOICE COMMUNICATION services contracts for [inmates] INCARCERATED PEOPLE in state correctional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as set forth in article eleven of the state finance law [provided, however, that when determining the best value of such telephone service, the lowest possible cost to the telephone user shall be emphasized]. 2. [The department shall make available either a "prepaid" or "collect call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service. Under the "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in order to pay for station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this subdivision shall require the department to provide or administer a prepaid system. Under a "collect call" system, call recipients are billed for the cost of an accepted telephone call initiated by an inmate. Under such "collect call" system, the provider of inmate telephone service, as an additional means of payment, must permit the recipient of inmate calls to establish an account with such provider in order to deposit funds to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.