STATE OF NEW YORK
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7128
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 13, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring video
cameras in facilities operated by the office for people with develop-
mental disabilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13.25 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
3 (c) Facilities operated by the office, including group homes, residen-
4 tial homes, inpatient facilities and all other facilities under this
5 title shall install video cameras at all entrances and exits. The
6 commissioner, in consultation with the state police, shall develop a
7 system for maintaining such recorded images.
8 § 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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