Legislation
SECTION 208-A
In custody at time of cause of action
Civil Practice Law & Rules (CVP) CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 2
§ 208-a. In custody at time of cause of action. Notwithstanding any
provisions of law that impose a period of limitation to the contrary or
any provisions of any other law pertaining to the filing of a notice of
claim or a notice of intention to file a claim as a condition precedent
to commencement of an action or special proceeding, with respect to all
civil claims or causes of action brought by any person to recover
damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition
suffered while under the jurisdiction and in the care and custody or
supervision of: the state department of corrections and community
supervision, except a person under community supervision as defined in
subdivision thirty-one of section two of the correction law, a hospital
as defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction
law, a correctional facility as defined in subdivision three of section
forty of the correction law, a local correctional facility as defined in
subdivision two of section forty of the correction law, or an alternate
correctional facility as defined in subdivision one of section
eighty-seven of the correction law, the time in which such action must
commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released
from such custody.
provisions of law that impose a period of limitation to the contrary or
any provisions of any other law pertaining to the filing of a notice of
claim or a notice of intention to file a claim as a condition precedent
to commencement of an action or special proceeding, with respect to all
civil claims or causes of action brought by any person to recover
damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition
suffered while under the jurisdiction and in the care and custody or
supervision of: the state department of corrections and community
supervision, except a person under community supervision as defined in
subdivision thirty-one of section two of the correction law, a hospital
as defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction
law, a correctional facility as defined in subdivision three of section
forty of the correction law, a local correctional facility as defined in
subdivision two of section forty of the correction law, or an alternate
correctional facility as defined in subdivision one of section
eighty-seven of the correction law, the time in which such action must
commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released
from such custody.