Relates to required notification of an incarcerated individual's emergency contacts when such incarcerated individual experiences a serious medical event; provides that incarcerated individuals and their representatives shall have the right to access such incarcerated individual's medical records; provides requirements for access to such medical records; establishes an independent medical oversight body to monitor and evaluate the quality of medical care provided to incarcerated individuals within correctional facilities and to ensure compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements for adequate medical care; provides penalties for certain violations; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to collect data on medical incidents, response times, and correctional facility compliance with certain requirements, and to publish an annual report detailing such data.
Establishes a digital legal mail program for the delivery of privileged correspondences to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities; requires law offices sending legal mail via digital platforms to incarcerated individuals to register with the department of corrections.
This bill requires background checks for maintenance employees at adult residential health and assisted living facilities. It defines "maintenance employees" broadly to include janitors, security staff, beauticians, and groundskeepers (but excludes volunteers), and mandates that the Department of Health can access their criminal history records. Courts must notify the Department of Health within seven days of any conviction involving these employees, and providers must submit fingerprints when requesting records. The law applies directly to facilities like assisted living centers and residential health care providers, ensuring background checks cover maintenance staff who previously fell outside standard requirements.
Requires annual reports of legal settlement payments related to law enforcement activity; provides such report shall include, but not be limited to, monetary amounts, plaintiffs and named parties, and shall be published on the website of the comptroller.
This bill prohibits courts from granting physical or legal custody of a child, or unsupervised visitation with a child, to certain sex offenders. Specifically, it bans this for offenders designated as sexual predators or sexually violent offenders, or classified as level two or three risk for crimes involving children, except in extraordinary circumstances. For level two or three offenders (regardless of crime type), courts must presume ineligibility and only grant custody or unsupervised visitation if the offender provides clear evidence that it is in the child's best interest. The law aims to protect children by establishing strict standards for these custody decisions.
Requires rates paid for rehabilitation and opioid treatment be pursuant to certain fee schedules published by the office of addiction services and supports.
Requires the disclosure of certain information when an agency responds to a request for law enforcement disciplinary records, including information a victim alleges regarding sexual misconduct.
This bill amends New York State law to explicitly include bias-related graffiti as a hate crime. Specifically, it adds "making graffiti" (section 145.60 of the penal law) to the list of offenses that qualify as hate crimes when motivated by bias against race, religion, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristics. This means graffiti displaying hate symbols or slurs would now be prosecuted under hate crime statutes rather than as a standard property offense. The change affects individuals who create such graffiti and communities targeted by these acts, ensuring bias-motivated vandalism receives heightened legal scrutiny. The bill takes effect November 1, 2025, pending final passage.
Categorizes the assault of a code enforcement official or other individual responsible for building inspection performing their lawful duties under such position as a class D felony.
This bill creates a new felony offense, "endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree," which is punishable by a class D felony. It applies to individuals who knowingly act in ways that create a foreseeable risk of serious physical injury or long-term emotional harm to a child under 17, or to those with prior convictions for the existing misdemeanor-level "endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree." The current second-degree offense (a class A misdemeanor) covers less severe conduct, such as failing to prevent a child from being abused, neglected, or exposed to danger. The bill also updates related provisions, including a defense for religious treatment of illness and civil claims for sexual offenses.
