Senate Bill S7672

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


  • 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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2023-S7672 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4379
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Cor L, generally; amd §677, County L; amd §2.10, CP L; amd §285, Ed L; amd §§63, 169 & 837-a, Exec L; amd §33.13, Ment Hyg L; amd §§2782 & 2786, Pub Health L; amd §92, Pub Off L; amd §460-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9939
2017-2018: A1904
2019-2020: A2552
2021-2022: A905

2023-S7672 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties

2023-S7672 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7672 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7672
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to creating  the  office
   of the correctional ombudsman; to amend the county law, in relation to
   reports  by coroners; to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation
   to designating investigators of the office of the correctional ombuds-
   man as peace officers; to amend the education law, in relation to  the
   certification  of  incarcerated  individual  populations; to amend the
   executive law, in relation to  authorizing  the  attorney  general  to
   investigate  the  alleged commission of any criminal offense committed
   by an employee of the department of corrections and  community  super-
   vision  in  connection  with  his or her official duties; to amend the
   executive law,  in  relation  to  the  division  of  criminal  justice
   services;  to  amend  the  mental hygiene law, in relation to clinical
   records; to amend the public health law, in relation to the  confiden-
   tiality  of  certain  records;  to  amend  the public officers law, in
   relation to including the office of the correctional ombudsman records
   within the definition of public safety agency records;  and  to  amend
   the social services law, in relation to inspection and supervision
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  article  3-A
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 3-A
                   OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL OMBUDSMAN
 SECTION 50. DEFINITIONS.
         51. OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL OMBUDSMAN; ORGANIZATION.
         52. CORRECTIONAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
         53. POWERS OF THE OMBUDSMAN.
         54. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE
               OMBUDSMAN.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08998-01-3
              

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