STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9169--A Cal. No. 434 IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK, RAGA, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing an annu- al heat mitigation plan; and directing the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environmental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerated individuals and people working in prisons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to 4 establish and maintain an annual heat mitigation plan to ensure incar- 5 cerated individuals and correctional facility staff have options avail- 6 able to stay cool, hydrated and safe during high heat temperatures. Such 7 plan shall include, to the extent possible: 8 (i) access to industrial fans, water, ice, and additional access to 9 showers; 10 (ii) commissaries fully stocked with personal fans prior to the begin- 11 ning of summer; 12 (iii) monitoring temperatures in housing, program and industry areas; 13 (iv) maintaining a list of incarcerated individuals and correctional 14 facility staff with medical conditions that make them more susceptible 15 to heat and monitor their well-being; 16 (v) increased rounds and wellness checks; and 17 (vi) providing shade on exercise yards. 18 (b) The commissioner, as part of such heat mitigation plan, shall 19 develop a timeline to establish cooling stations and provide evaporative 20 fans to each facility. 21 § 2. The extreme heat action plan work group of the department of 22 environmental conservation shall analyze the impact of extreme heat on 23 incarcerated individuals and people working in prisons and articulate EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13122-03-4A. 9169--A 2 1 their specific needs in such work group's long-term heat adaptation 2 plan. 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 5 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 6 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 7 on or before such effective date.