New York A 1010: Relates to the publication of notice of the death of an incarcerated individual or any other individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision

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A01010 Summary:

BILL NOA01010A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05680

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SPONSOREpstein (MS)

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COSPNSRMamdani, Shimsky, Levenberg, Gibbs, Burdick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Kelles, Weprin, Meeks, Steck,
 Burroughs, Forrest, Alvarez

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MLTSPNSRWoerner

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Amd §624, Cor L

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Provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody.

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BILL NOA01010A

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01/08/2025referred to correction

01/16/2025amend (t) and recommit to correction

01/16/2025print number 1010a

12/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1010--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, MAMDANI, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, GIBBS,
 BURDICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, WEPRIN, MEEKS -- Multi-Sponsored by
 -- M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing notice of
 the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of
 the department of corrections and community supervision

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 624 of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 2 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 624. Next of kin; death of incarcerated individual. 1. (a) The
 4 department shall [be responsive to inquiries from] promptly notify the
 5 next of kin and any other person designated as the representative of any
 6 incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody [regard-
 7 ing].
 8 (b) The department shall promptly notify the next of kin and any other
 9 person designated as a representative of the circumstances surrounding
 10 the death of such incarcerated individual, the medical procedures used
 11 and the cause of death including preliminary determinations and final
 12 determination as reported by an autopsy report as such information
 13 becomes available.
 14 (c) The next of kin and other person designated as a representative
 15 shall be identified from the emergency contact information previously
 16 provided by the incarcerated individual to the department.
 17 2. Within twenty-four hours after the next of kin and any other person
 18 designated as a representative has been notified of such death, the
 19 department shall publish public notice of such death on the department's
 20 website.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00610-02-5

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