S 5680: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5680 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing notice of the death of an incarcerated individual 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. Section 624 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 2 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 624. Next of kin; death of incarcerated individual. 1. (a) The 4 department shall [be responsive to inquiries from] promptly notify the 5 next of kin and any other person designated as the representative of any 6 incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody [regard- 7 ing]. 8 (b) The department shall promptly notify the next of kin and any other 9 person designated as a representative of the circumstances surrounding 10 the death of such incarcerated individual, the medical procedures used 11 and the cause of death including preliminary determinations and final 12 determination as reported by an autopsy report as such information 13 becomes available. 14 (c) The next of kin and other person designated as a representative 15 shall be identified from the emergency contact information previously 16 provided by the incarcerated individual to the department. 17 2. Within twenty-four hours after the next of kin and any other person 18 designated as a representative has been notified of such death, the 19 department shall publish public notice of such death on the department's 20 website. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00610-03-5