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Assembly Bill A7592

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to confidential hearing records

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2021-A7592 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §138, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7117
2015-2016: A1690
2017-2018: A2385
2019-2020: A4253

2021-A7592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to confidential hearing records; authorizes attorney representing inmate in certain proceedings to obtain a copy of hearing record; prohibits redisclosure.

2021-A7592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7592
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to confidential hearing
   records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  138 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING AN INMATE IN ANY APPEAL OF A  DISCIPLINARY
 PROCEEDING  OR  IN  ANY  LAWSUIT  RELATED  TO SUCH A PROCEEDING SHALL BE
 PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE ENTIRE HEARING RECORD BUT SHALL  NOT  REDIS-
 CLOSE  SUCH  RECORDS  OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS TO ANY
 PERSON NOT OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO OBTAIN THEM. THE  NAME,  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  NUMBER, HOUSING LOCATION OR WORK ASSIGNMENT OF ANY CONFIDEN-
 TIAL INFORMANT MAY BE REDACTED FROM SUCH HEARING RECORD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04329-02-1

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