Senate Bill S7781

                             
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                                  7781--A
     Cal. No. 369
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 1, 2023
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 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, JACKSON, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --
   recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction in
   accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
   committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
   reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
   order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing an annu-
   al heat mitigation plan; and directing the extreme  heat  action  plan
   work  group of the department of environmental conservation to analyze
   the impact of extreme heat  on  incarcerated  individuals  and  people
   working in prisons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
 ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ANNUAL HEAT MITIGATION PLAN TO  ENSURE  INCAR-
 CERATED  INDIVIDUALS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY STAFF HAVE OPTIONS AVAIL-
 ABLE TO STAY COOL, HYDRATED AND SAFE DURING HIGH HEAT TEMPERATURES. SUCH
 PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE:
   (I) ACCESS TO INDUSTRIAL FANS, WATER, ICE, AND  ADDITIONAL  ACCESS  TO
 SHOWERS;
   (II) COMMISSARIES FULLY STOCKED WITH PERSONAL FANS PRIOR TO THE BEGIN-
 NING OF SUMMER;
   (III) MONITORING TEMPERATURES IN HOUSING, PROGRAM AND INDUSTRY AREAS;
   (IV)  MAINTAINING  A LIST OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY STAFF WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT MAKE THEM  MORE  SUSCEPTIBLE
 TO HEAT AND MONITOR THEIR WELL-BEING;
   (V) INCREASED ROUNDS AND WELLNESS CHECKS; AND
   (VI) PROVIDING SHADE ON EXERCISE YARDS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  AS  PART  OF SUCH HEAT MITIGATION PLAN, SHALL
 DEVELOP A TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH COOLING STATIONS AND PROVIDE EVAPORATIVE
 FANS TO EACH FACILITY.
   §  2.  The  extreme  heat  action plan work group of the department of
 environmental conservation shall analyze the impact of extreme  heat  on
 incarcerated  individuals  and  people working in prisons and articulate
 their specific needs in such  work  group's  long-term  heat  adaptation
 plan.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.