STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3393--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, BAILEY, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring wardens or superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from state and federal agencies and municipalities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 27 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 27. Assistance by state and federal agencies and municipalities. The 4 warden or superintendent of any state institution in the department, 5 having due regard to the safety of the inmates and property of the 6 institution, shall accept humanitarian aid from state or federal agen- 7 cies or from municipalities in the event of an emergency. For the 8 purposes of this section, an "emergency" shall include, but not be 9 limited to, loss of power, heat or water or a medical state of emergency 10 and "humanitarian aid" shall mean material assistance actually and 11 reasonably necessary, including but not limited to bottled water, 12 medical supplies and supply kits, battery or solar powered flashlights, 13 blankets, monetary donations, medical prevention supplies mandated by 14 the centers for disease control and prevention and mandatory outbreak 15 plans which are comparable in standards and regulations for healthcare 16 centers, to alleviate suffering and provide support to staff, inmates 17 and other individuals on site at any state institution during an emer- 18 gency. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09630-05-0