New York Assembly Bill A06912 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6912 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring video surveillance at the entrances and exits of medical wards and clinics located in correctional facilities 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 140-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 140-a. Patient security. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, 4 rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner shall require every 5 correctional facility to conspicuously install video cameras at all 6 entrances and exits of its medical wards and clinics. Every such 7 correctional facility shall post signage to inform patients, visitors 8 and staff that surveillance is in operation at such designated areas. 9 2. Such video cameras shall operate on a continuous recording basis 10 with footage securely stored for a minimum of ninety days. Access to 11 such footage shall be restricted to authorized personnel of the correc- 12 tional facility and shall be subject to periodic audits by the attorney 13 general. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 15 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10875-02-5