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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1676
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the commissioner of
corrections and community supervision's heat mitigation plan for
correctional facilities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 112 of the correction law, as
added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the correction law
relating to establishing an annual heat mitigation plan; and directing
the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environ-
mental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerat-
ed individuals and people working in prisons, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 7781-A and A. 9169-A, is amended to read as follows:
6. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to
establish and maintain an annual heat mitigation plan to ensure incar-
cerated individuals and correctional facility staff have options avail-
able to stay cool, hydrated and safe during high heat temperatures. Such
plan shall include, to the extent possible:
(i) access to industrial fans, water, ice, and additional access to
showers;
(ii) commissaries fully stocked with personal fans prior to the begin-
ning of summer;
(iii) monitoring temperatures in housing, program and industry areas;
(iv) maintaining a list of incarcerated individuals and correctional
facility staff [with] WHO HAVE medical conditions that make them more
susceptible to heat and monitor their well-being;
(v) increased rounds and wellness checks; and
(vi) providing shade on exercise yards IF CONSISTENT WITH THE FACILI-
TY'S SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) The commissioner, as part of such heat mitigation plan, shall
[develop a timeline to establish] EVALUATE THE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL
FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING cooling stations [and provide evaporative
fans to] AND A PERMANENT SUSTAINABLE COOLING SOLUTION AT each facility,
PROVIDED THAT UPON A DETERMINATION OR FINDING THAT A PERMANENT SUSTAINA-
BLE COOLING SOLUTION IS FEASIBLE IN EACH FACILITY, THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL DEVELOP A TIMELINE TO IMPLEMENT THE FINDINGS OF SUCH EVALUATION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the correction law
relating to establishing an annual heat mitigation plan; and directing
the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environ-
mental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerat-
ed individuals and people working in prisons, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 7781-A and A. 9169-A, takes effect.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.