Bill Text: NY A03182 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3182 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires providers of residential services to developmentally disabled children to have surveillance cameras in the common areas of their residential facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to mental health [A03182 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03182-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3182
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Mental Health
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to duties of provid-
          ers of services for the developmentally disabled
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  16.39 to read as follows:
     3  § 16.39 Surveillance cameras.
     4    (a)  (i) Surveillance cameras with sound capability shall be installed
     5  in all public common areas including, but not  limited  to,  all  common
     6  living  areas,  dining areas, hallways, classrooms and time-out rooms in
     7  all group homes, residential and  day  schools  and  programs  licensed,
     8  certified,  funded  or operated by the office which provide services for
     9  children or adults with mental or physical disabilities.
    10    (ii) All public common areas including, but not limited to, all common
    11  living areas, dining areas, hallways, classrooms and time-out rooms of a
    12  facility providing residential care to youth which is operated, licensed
    13  or certified by the office of children and family services, or which  is
    14  subject  to  the  supervision  of  such  office  shall  be equipped with
    15  surveillance cameras with sound capability.
    16    (b) In all residential facilities statewide, for children with  mental
    17  disabilities  certified,  licensed,  funded  or  operated by the office,
    18  surveillance cameras may be placed in a child's, age thirteen or  young-
    19  er, room at the request of and with the consent of the child's parent or
    20  guardian and only if the child is in a single occupancy bedroom.
    21    (c)  Any  provider  that  fails  to  implement  the provisions of this
    22  section shall be subjected to a fine of one thousand dollars per day  of
    23  noncompliances.
    24    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
    25  law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04321-01-9