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NY S08345
Bill
Status
1/19/2024
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Kennedy
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AI Summary
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Establishes a statewide "ebony alert system" developed by the Division of State Police in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, Governor's office, and law enforcement agencies to disseminate information about missing Black youth ages 12-25.
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Requires the alert system to include state agencies, broadcasters, private entities, and the New York Lottery, with the Department of Transportation using dynamic message signs across the state to distribute alerts.
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Specifies activation criteria including unexplained or suspicious disappearances, developmental or cognitive disabilities, risk of trafficking, endangered physical safety, or abduction of qualifying missing Black youth.
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Designates a statewide coordinator to develop rules and procedures for alert activation, information reporting, privacy protection under HIPAA standards, and law enforcement agency forms.
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Authorizes interstate activation in neighboring states and Canadian provinces and notification to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Canadian Customs when warranted by the missing person's location.
Legislative Description
Provides for the creation of an ebony alert system to be activated on behalf of Black youth, including young women, men, nonbinary, boys, and girls, who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted.
Last Action
RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
5/6/2024