Bill Text: NY A00745 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A00745 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A00745-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 745 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, JAFFEE, WEPRIN, SIMANOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE, KEARNS, BARRETT, FAHY, JEAN-PIERRE, ABINANTI, MONTESANO, RAIA, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health 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: 1 Section 1. Section 13.25 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) Facilities operated by the office, including group homes, residen- 4 tial homes, inpatient facilities and all other facilities under this 5 title shall install video cameras at all entrances and exits. The 6 commissioner, in consultation with the state police, shall develop a 7 system for maintaining such recorded images. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day 9 after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02949-01-7
