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Senate Bill S5680

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision

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2025-S5680 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1010
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §624, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7607, A7854

2025-S5680 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody.

2025-S5680 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5680 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5680
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SALAZAR, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing  notice  of
   the  death  of  an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of
   the department of corrections and community supervision
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  624 of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 624. Next of kin; death of incarcerated  individual.  1.    (A)  The
 department  shall  [be responsive to inquiries from] PROMPTLY NOTIFY the
 next of kin and ANY other person designated as the representative of any
 incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody  [regard-
 ing].
   (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE NEXT OF KIN AND ANY OTHER
 PERSON  DESIGNATED  AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF the circumstances surrounding
 the death of such incarcerated individual, the medical  procedures  used
 and  the  cause  of death including preliminary determinations and final
 determination as reported by  an  autopsy  report  AS  SUCH  INFORMATION
 BECOMES AVAILABLE.
   (C)  The  next  of kin and other person designated as a representative
 shall be identified from the emergency  contact  information  previously
 provided by the incarcerated individual to the department.
   2. WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE NEXT OF KIN AND ANY OTHER PERSON
 DESIGNATED  AS  A  REPRESENTATIVE  HAS  BEEN NOTIFIED OF SUCH DEATH, THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH PUBLIC NOTICE OF SUCH DEATH ON THE DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00610-03-5

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