A03056 Summary:

BILL NOA03056B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04076-B
 
SPONSORFernandez
 
COSPNSRSolages, Williams, Jean-Pierre, D'Urso, Hyndman, Arroyo, Ramos, Thiele, Cook, Crespo, Pichardo, Rivera, Epstein, Mosley, Crouch, Ra, Reyes, Simon, Griffin, Blake, Pretlow, O'Donnell, Hevesi, Perry, Schimminger, Ortiz, De La Rosa, Barron, Rozic, Cruz, Seawright, Gottfried, Wright, Aubry, Rosenthal L, Richardson, Niou, Hunter, Gantt, Bichotte, Carroll, Joyner, Simotas, Glick, Rodriguez, Lifton, Vanel, Darling, Dickens, Jaffee, Walker, Walczyk, Quart, Frontus
 
MLTSPNSREnglebright
 
Amd §47, Cor L; add §§125.08 & 125.09, Pen L
 
Imposes criminal liability for the failure to obtain medical care for a person in custody displaying medical distress.
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A03056 Actions:

BILL NOA03056B
 
01/28/2019referred to codes
04/08/2019amend and recommit to codes
04/08/2019print number 3056a
09/11/2019amend and recommit to codes
09/11/2019print number 3056b
01/08/2020referred to codes
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A03056 Committee Votes:

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A03056 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03056 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3056--B
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ,  SOLAGES,  WILLIAMS, JEAN-PIERRE,
          D'URSO,  HYNDMAN,  ARROYO,  RAMOS,  THIELE,  COOK,  CRESPO,  PICHARDO,
          RIVERA,  EPSTEIN, MOSLEY, CROUCH, RA, REYES, SIMON, GRIFFIN, ABINANTI,
          BLAKE, PRETLOW, O'DONNELL, HEVESI, PERRY, SCHIMMINGER  --  Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  --  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
          reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the correction law and the penal law, in relation to
          imposing criminal liability for the failure to obtain medical care for
          a person in custody displaying medical distress
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "Andrew Kearse act".
     3    § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 47  of  the  correction
     4  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iii) to read as follows:
     5    (iii)  The  board  shall  require  any  police officer, peace officer,
     6  correction officer or other  employee  of  a  correctional  facility  to
     7  provide  immediate medical attention when an inmate or person in custody
     8  displays medical distress.   The board shall  require  state  and  local
     9  correctional facilities and law enforcement agencies to conduct training
    10  on  assisting  a  person  displaying medical distress.   The board shall
    11  investigate all alleged failures of any police officer,  peace  officer,
    12  correction  officer  or  other  employee  of  a correctional facility to
    13  provide medical care to  an  inmate  or  person  in  custody  displaying
    14  medical  distress  or  a  need  for immediate medical care. If the board
    15  discovers any police officer,  peace  officer,  correction  officer,  or
    16  other  employee  of  a  correctional  facility failed to make reasonable
    17  effort to provide medical care or denies access to care to an inmate  or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03980-05-9

        A. 3056--B                          2
 
     1  person  in  custody  displaying medical distress or a need for immediate
     2  medical care, the board shall  refer  such  case  to  prosecutors  as  a
     3  violation of section 125.09 of the penal law.
     4    §  3.  The  penal law is amended by adding two new sections 125.08 and
     5  125.09 to read as follows:
     6  § 125.08 Criminally negligent failure to obtain medical  care  resulting
     7             in injury.
     8    A  person  is guilty of criminally negligent failure to obtain medical
     9  care resulting in injury when such person, acting as a  police  officer,
    10  peace officer or correction officer: (a) with criminal negligence, fails
    11  to  make  a  good  faith effort to obtain medical care for any person in
    12  custody, including an inmate, displaying medical distress, including but
    13  not limited to breathing difficulties, migraines and muscle pains, or  a
    14  need for immediate medical care in the presence of such officer; and (b)
    15  such  person in custody suffers from an injury resulting from such fail-
    16  ure to obtain medical care.
    17    Criminally negligent failure to obtain medical care resulting in inju-
    18  ry is a class E felony.
    19  § 125.09 Criminally negligent failure to obtain medical  care  resulting
    20             in death.
    21    A  person  is guilty of criminally negligent failure to obtain medical
    22  care resulting in death when such person, acting as  a  police  officer,
    23  peace officer or correction officer: (a) with criminal negligence, fails
    24  to  make  a  good  faith effort to obtain medical care for any person in
    25  custody, including an inmate, displaying medical distress, including but
    26  not limited to breathing difficulties, migraines and muscle pains, or  a
    27  need for immediate medical care in the presence of such officer; and (b)
    28  such  person  in  custody  dies  as  a  result of such failure to obtain
    29  medical care.
    30    Criminally negligent failure to obtain medical care resulting in death
    31  is a class E felony.
    32    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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