Criminal Justice

This bill amends New York's bail laws to include drug offenses, domestic violence crimes, and offenses causing death or serious physical injury as "qualifying offenses" that may trigger stricter bail conditions. It directly affects defendants charged with these specific crimes, requiring courts to consider them when deciding whether to release someone on their own recognizance, set bail, or impose custody. Key provisions add new categories to existing bail rules, including "aggravated family offenses" (covering domestic violence) and class B-D felonies under Article 220 of the Penal Law. The law maintains existing exceptions, such as releasing defendants for negligible property theft not linked to broader criminal activity.

Relates to setting bail for dangerous defendants who pose a threat to public safety; requires a court to make an individualized determination based on the principal's record of a prior felony conviction, failure to appear in court or arrest during the interim period while awaiting a preliminary hearing or trial.

Prohibits incarcerated individuals who are determined to suffer from a substance use disorder for which there is no FDA approved addiction medications from being administered medication approved for a different disorder.