NY A05518

Prohibits familial DNA searches using the state DNA identification index, preventing law enforcement from searching for criminal suspects by identifying their biological relatives through DNA matches

Requires the Commission on Forensic Science to include this prohibition in their standards for determining DNA matches in the state database

Adds a new provision explicitly barring any search of the state DNA identification index intended to identify an offender through their biological relatives

Immediately nullifies any existing rules, regulations, policies, or procedures that conflict with this familial DNA search prohibition

Amends Executive Law sections 995-b and 995-c regarding the powers and duties of the Commission on Forensic Science