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.
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.
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