New York S 5680: Provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision

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S05680 Summary:

BILL NOS05680 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBASKIN, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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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 NOS05680 

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02/27/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

03/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.608

03/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5680

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 27, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 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.
 LBD00610-03-5

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