Bill Text: NY S03478 | 2021-2022 | 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: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH [S03478 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S03478-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3478 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. LBD02505-01-1