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A 1010: Provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody.
What A 1010 does, verified December 8, 2025
The bill requires the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to promptly notify the next of kin and designated representative of an incarcerated individual's death that occurs while in custody. This notification must include the circumstances surrounding the death, medical procedures used, and the cause of death, as well as preliminary and final autopsy reports as they become available. The next of kin and representative will be identified from emergency contact information previously provided by the incarcerated individual. The department must also publish a public notice of the death on its website within 24 hours of notification. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: enacting clause stricken (2025-12-08)Alert me
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| Dec. 08, 2025 | enacting clause stricken |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | amend (t) and recommit to correction |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | print number 1010a |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 303 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1010 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, MAMDANI, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, GIBBS, BURDICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, WEPRIN, MEEKS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the publication of notice of the death of an incarcerated individual or any other indi- vidual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 17-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 17-a. Notice of death in a correctional facility. Within twenty- 4 four hours of the death of an incarcerated individual or any other indi- 5 vidual in the custody of the department, the department shall publish 6 notice of such death on the department's website. 7 § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 511 to read 8 as follows: 9 § 511. Notice of death in a correctional facility. Within twenty-four 10 hours of the death of an incarcerated individual or any other individual 11 in the custody of the department, the department, the sheriff of the 12 county, or in counties within the city of New York the commissioner of 13 correction of such city, or in the county of Westchester the commission- 14 er of correction of such county shall publish notice of such death on 15 the locality's website. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00610-01-5
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