New York Senate Bill S07959 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7959  IN SENATE January 4, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities 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. LBD03027-01-3