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A07676 Summary:

BILL NO	A07676
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Gjonaj
COSPNSR	Ortiz, Weprin, Barron, Mosley, Cook, Jaffee, Richardson, Blake, Gottfried, D'Urso, Jean-Pierre, Steck, De La Rosa, Harris
MLTSPNSR
Amd §623, Cor L
Relates to making telephone services available for the deaf and those hard of hearing in every state and local correctional facility in order to communicate with friends, family and attorneys.

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A07676 Actions:

BILL NO	A07676
05/08/2017	referred to correction
05/16/2017	reported referred to ways and means

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A07676 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORRECTION   Chair:Weprin      
DATE:05/16/2017AYE/NAY:10/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Weprin
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Finch
Aye
Colton
Absent
Palmesano
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Sepulveda
Aye
Davila
Absent
Mosley
Aye
Blake
Excused
Walker
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye

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A07676 Floor Votes:

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A07676 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7676
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 8, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. GJONAJ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction law, in relation to making telephone
          services available for the deaf in every state and local  correctional
          facility
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  In  accordance  with  the  Americans with Disabilities Act, or any
     4  other applicable federal, state or local  law,  every  state  and  local
     5  correctional  facility  shall  make available telephone services for the
     6  deaf or hard of hearing in order to ensure that inmates who are deaf  or
     7  hard  of hearing are able to communicate with friends, family and attor-
     8  neys. Equipment procured in compliance with this  subdivision  shall  be
     9  periodically  updated  to  ensure  that such services are provided using
    10  reasonably current technology.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11517-01-7

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