Bill Text: NY S07906 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows certain employees of the bureau of narcotic enforcement access to criminal history information.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 22-6)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-23 - SIGNED CHAP.35 [S07906 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07906-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 7906                                                 A. 10158
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 17, 2014
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- (at request of the Governor)
         -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
         the Committee on Rules
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M.  of
         A.  Cymbrowitz)  --  (at  request  of  the  Governor) -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  allowing  certain
         employees  of  the  bureau  of narcotic enforcement access to criminal
         history information
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
    2  3385-a to read as follows:
    3    S 3385-A. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION. UPON SUCH TERMS  AND
    4  CONDITIONS  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
    5  SERVICES AGREES, AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  BUREAU  OF
    6  NARCOTIC  ENFORCEMENT, DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
    7  VISION TWO OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THIS
    8  TITLE,  MAY  ACCESS  CRIMINAL  HISTORY  INFORMATION  IN THE CENTRAL DATA
    9  FACILITY ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  SECTION  EIGHT
   10  HUNDRED  THIRTY-SEVEN  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW UPON REQUEST TO THE DIRECTOR
   11  OF THE BUREAU OF NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT DEMONSTRATING  THE  NECESSITY  FOR
   12  SUCH  ACCESS  AS  PART OF AN IDENTIFIED, ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
   13  ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF SUCH ACCESS SHALL NOT BE DISSEM-
   14  INATED TO PERSONS NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS SUCH CRIMINAL HISTORY  INFOR-
   15  MATION.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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