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NY A03543
Bill
Status
1/28/2013
Primary Sponsor
Harvey Weisenberg
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AI Summary
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All state and voluntary agency vehicles certified, licensed, funded or operated by the Office that transport children or adults with mental or physical disabilities must be equipped with surveillance cameras with sound capability covering the entire interior of the vehicle.
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All vehicles at facilities providing residential care to youth must be equipped with surveillance cameras with sound capability, plus additional cameras to cover outside entrance and exit areas of the vehicle.
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School and private transport company vehicles used to transport children or adults with mental disabilities must be equipped with surveillance cameras with sound capabilities.
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Providers failing to comply with these requirements are subject to a fine of one thousand dollars per day of noncompliance.
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The act takes effect one hundred eighty days after it becomes law.
Legislative Description
Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to the use of surveillance cameras in vehicles used to transport the developmentally disabled.
Last Action
held for consideration in mental health
6/3/2014