| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 04, 2024 |
referred to disabilities |
Senate Bill S7959
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities Committee
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2023-S7959 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S7959 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7959
SPONSOR: PARKER
TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to place
video cameras on the entrance and exit of all facilities.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends the mental hygiene law to provide that, the Office
for-People with Developmental Disabilities, including group homes, resi-
dential homes, inpatient facilities, and all other facilities to insttl
video cameras at all entrances and exits; to ensure safety, the
Corzmis7,- sioner, in consultation with the State Police, shall develop
a sysicr, for maintaining such recorded images.
2023-S7959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7959
I N S E N A T E
January 4, 2024
___________
Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
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.
LBD03027-01-3
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