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A03492 Summary:

BILL NOA03492
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSOREpstein
 
COSPNSRBrown K, Forrest
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §10.10, Ment Hyg L
 
Relates to authorizing certain public officials and members of the clergy to visit sex offender civil confinement facilities.
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A03492 Actions:

BILL NOA03492
 
02/03/2023referred to mental health
07/24/2023enacting clause stricken
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A03492 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3492
 
SPONSOR: Epstein
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to authorizing certain public officials and members of the clergy to visit sex offender civil confinement facilities   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends section 10.10 of the mental hygiene law to permit state legislators and other state officials to visit facilities where sex offenders are civilly confined.   JUSTIFICATION: Currently legislators, the governor, judges and clergy, among others, are permitted to enter New York prisons and jails at any time. The same right of entry does not apply to secure mental units where convicted sex offenders are placed by the state under civil confinement. This bill would allow lawmakers to enter those facilities to evaluate the imple- mentation and effect of the civil confinement law and to speak to staff and inmates about the conditions of confinement and any problems that might arise in those facilities.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF BILL: 2021-2022: A3114/S2056- referred to mental health/ REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH 2020: A11031/S04567 - referred to mental health/ REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
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A03492 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3492
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. EPSTEIN, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing
          certain public officials and members of the clergy to visit sex offen-
          der civil confinement facilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 10.10 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (j) to read as follows:
     3    (j) The following persons shall be authorized to visit at pleasure all
     4  secure treatment facilities established under this article: governor and
     5  lieutenant-governor,  commissioner  of  general  services,  secretary of
     6  state, comptroller and attorney-general, members of the legislature  and
     7  their  accompanying staff, judges of the court of appeals, supreme court
     8  and county judges, district attorneys and every clergyman  or  minister,
     9  as  such  terms are defined in section two of the religious corporations
    10  law, having charge of a congregation in  the  county  wherein  any  such
    11  facility is situated.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06639-01-3
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