Prohibits the release of criminal history or any mental health history records by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner of individuals who were the subject of the use of force by a police or peace officer.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3188
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting the
release of certain records of victims of police violence by a coroner,
coroner's physician or medical examiner
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-e
2 to read as follows:
3 § 845-e. Release of certain records of victims of police violence;
4 medical examiners. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contra-
5 ry, no coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner who performs an
6 inquiry, autopsy or examination, including any report prepared thereon,
7 over an instance or occurrence in which a police officer, as defined in
8 subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law,
9 or a peace officer, as defined in section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
10 law, employs the use of force shall publicly release or otherwise
11 disseminate any information, including but not limited to providing such
12 information to a news or media organization, related to either the crim-
13 inal history or any mental health history of the individual who was the
14 subject of the use of force.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04909-01-1
