Requires wardens or superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from state and federal agencies and municipalities in the event of an emergency, including loss of power, heat, or water or a medical state of emergency.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4923
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, BAILEY, MYRIE -- 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 requiring wardens or
superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from
state and federal agencies and municipalities
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 27 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 27. Assistance by state and federal agencies and municipalities. The
4 warden or superintendent of any state institution in the department,
5 having due regard to the safety of the incarcerated individuals and
6 property of the institution, shall accept humanitarian aid from state or
7 federal agencies or from municipalities in the event of an emergency.
8 For the purposes of this section, an "emergency" shall include, but not
9 be limited to, loss of power, heat or water or a medical state of emer-
10 gency and "humanitarian aid" shall mean material assistance actually and
11 reasonably necessary, including but not limited to bottled water,
12 medical supplies and supply kits, battery or solar powered flashlights,
13 blankets, monetary donations, medical prevention supplies mandated by
14 the centers for disease control and prevention and mandatory outbreak
15 plans which are comparable in standards and regulations for healthcare
16 centers, to alleviate suffering and provide support to staff, incarcer-
17 ated individuals and other individuals on site at any state institution
18 during an emergency.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09834-01-5
