Bill Text: NY S04343 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Adds a licensed health care professional to the organization of the citizen's policy and complaint review council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - SIGNED CHAP.139 [S04343 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S04343-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4343--A
Cal. No. 199
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 21, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favor-
ably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the organization of
the citizen's policy and complaint review council
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of the
2 correction law, as amended by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 1. There shall be within the commission a citizen's policy and
5 complaint review council. It shall consist of nine persons to be
6 appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
7 senate. One person so appointed shall have served in the armed forces of
8 the United States in [Indochina at any time from the first day of Janu-
9 ary, nineteen hundred sixty-three, to an including the seventh day of
10 May, nineteen hundred seventy-five] ANY FOREIGN WAR, CONFLICT OR MILI-
11 TARY OCCUPATION, who was discharged therefrom under other than dishonor-
12 able conditions, or shall be a duly licensed mental health professional
13 who has professional experience or training with regard to post-traumat-
14 ic stress syndrome. One person so appointed shall be an attorney admit-
15 ted to practice in this state. One person so appointed shall be a former
16 inmate of a correctional facility. One person so appointed shall be a
17 former correction officer. One person so appointed shall be a former
18 resident of a division for youth secure center OR A HEALTH CARE PROFES-
19 SIONAL DULY LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE. One person so appointed
20 shall be a former employee of the [division for youth] OFFICE OF CHIL-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES who has directly supervised youth in a secure
2 residential center operated by [the division] SUCH OFFICE. In addition,
3 the governor shall designate one of the full-time members other than the
4 chairman of the commission as chairman of the council to serve as such
5 at the pleasure of the governor.
6 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
