Senate Bill S2169

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York

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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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2019-S2169 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Correctional Services
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S8150

2019-S2169 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; emphasis shall be placed on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, inmate deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement.

2019-S2169 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2169
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT creating a temporary state commission relating to  local  correc-
   tional facilities in upstate New York; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to study and
 make recommendations relating to local correctional  facilities  located
 outside  of  the boundaries of a city with a population of more than one
 million people. The commission will place particular emphasis on medical
 and mental health care (including the use of private contractors), over-
 crowding, inmate deaths, use of force, restraints, and  all  segregation
 and  confinement  practices  and  solitary  confinement, but will not be
 restricted to those topics.
   § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
 follows: five shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed
 by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority  leader
 of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
 and  one  by  the  minority  leader of the assembly. The members of such
 commission shall serve at  the  pleasure  of  the  official  making  the
 appointment  of such member. Of the five members appointed by the gover-
 nor, none shall be an elected official or current employee  of  a  local
 correctional facility or other branch of county government, one shall be
 from the state commission of correction and one shall be from Disability
 Rights  New  York.  The  remaining  nine  members of the commission must
 reside in counties under the purview of this commission.   Vacancies  in
 the  membership of the commission shall be filled in the manner provided
 for original  appointments.  Membership  on  the  commission  shall  not
 constitute  a public office. The governor shall appoint the chair of the
 commission.

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

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