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Assembly Bill A70

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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2021-A70 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3478
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
2017-2018: A745, S2941
2019-2020: A3529, S4015
2023-2024: A690, S7959
2025-2026: S6115

2021-A70 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A70 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    70
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER, DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, WEPRIN, ENGLE-
   BRIGHT, THIELE, BARRETT, FAHY,  JEAN-PIERRE,  ABINANTI,  SANTABARBARA,
   FERNANDEZ,  REYES,  GOTTFRIED, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  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.
                                                            LBD02505-01-1

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