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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4606
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 6, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to notification of rules
          and regulations of correctional facilities concerning visitors
 
          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 138-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  138-a. Notification of visitation policies. The commissioner of the
     4  department of corrections and community supervision shall establish  and
     5  maintain  on  its public website information concerning specific visita-
     6  tion rules, regulations, policies and procedures for  each  correctional
     7  facility.  Such information shall include, but not be limited to, visit-
     8  ing days and hours, length  and  number  of  allowable  visits,  maximum
     9  number  of  people  per  visit,  dress  code, guidelines for people with
    10  medical  and  other  special  needs  including   physical   access   and
    11  restrictions  on  medications  while  in  the facility, infant care, and

    12  items which are restricted or prohibited by visitors.  The  commissioner
    13  shall  regularly update the information provided on the website pursuant
    14  to this section in order to ensure that such information is accurate and
    15  that visitors are notified of any new  or  changed  rules,  regulations,
    16  policies and procedures. In addition, the commissioner shall designate a
    17  telephone  number or numbers that persons may call for information about
    18  the visiting rules, regulations, policies and procedures at the  various
    19  facilities. Such telephone number or numbers shall also be posted on the
    20  website.
    21    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    22  have become a law.
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04043-01-3