Grants peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Rochester Regional Health or its subsidiaries, on or adjacent to the grounds, buildings or property owned, controlled, or administered by Rochester Regional Health.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A362A
SPONSOR: Bronson TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Rochester
Regional Health
PURPOSE:
To confer peace officer status on members of Rochester Regional Health
security.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Grants peace officer, status to security officers of Roches-
ter Regional Health or its subsidiaries when such officers are acting
within the meets and bounds of Rochester General Hospital and Unity
Hospital and beyond such geographic area upon the request of the local
chief law enforcement officer; and also for the purpose of transporting
an individual who has been arrested and no local law enforcement officer
is available for transporting such individual in a timely manner; Peace
officers will also have power to detain an individual for a reasonable
period of time while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement.
Section 2: Sets forth the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED:
The amended bill will allow for peace officer status at two locations,
Rochester General Hospital and Unity Hospital.
JUSTIFICATION:
Rochester Regional Health is requesting this legislation in order to
better protect patients and staff. Hospitals are based in the community
and conflicts and criminal activity can therefore spillover into such
medical settings.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2022: referred to Codes
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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362--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 6, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Roches-
ter Regional Health
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 87 to read as follows:
3 87. Officers and members of the security force employed by Rochester
4 Regional Health, within the grounds or premises owned or under the
5 supervision, administration, or control of Rochester Regional Health
6 located on the campuses and at the facilities of Rochester General
7 Hospital and Unity Hospital, shall have the powers of peace officers,
8 and beyond such geographic area upon the request of the chief law
9 enforcement officer of the local law enforcement jurisdiction or such
10 chief law enforcement officer's designee, for the purpose of transport-
11 ing an individual who has been arrested in accordance with section
12 140.27 of this chapter and where no local law enforcement officer is
13 available for transporting such individual in a timely manner. Such
14 peace officers shall only have the powers listed in paragraphs (a), (b),
15 (c), (d), (e), and (h) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this arti-
16 cle, and the power to detain an individual for a reasonable period of
17 time while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, provided that such
18 peace officer has actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe, that
19 such individual has committed an offense; provided however, that nothing
20 in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry,
21 possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license
22 therefor has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
23 § 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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