Bill Text: NY A03188 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3188 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the release of criminal history or any mental health history records by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner of individuals who were the subject of the use of force by a police or peace officer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A03188 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03188-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3188

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  the
          release of certain records of victims of police violence by a coroner,
          coroner's physician or medical examiner

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  845-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  845-e.  Release  of  certain records of victims of police violence;
     4  medical examiners.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the  contra-
     5  ry,  no coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner who performs an
     6  inquiry, autopsy or examination, including any report prepared  thereon,
     7  over  an instance or occurrence in which a police officer, as defined in
     8  subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal  procedure  law,
     9  or a peace officer, as defined in section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
    10  law,  employs  the  use  of  force  shall  publicly release or otherwise
    11  disseminate any information, including but not limited to providing such
    12  information to a news or media organization, related to either the crim-
    13  inal history or any mental health history of the individual who was  the
    14  subject of the use of force.
    15    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    16  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04909-01-1