The New York City Council - File #: Int 0933-2018

• File #: Int 0933-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the dept of correction to report on sexual abuse.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 5/23/2018
• In control: Committee on Criminal Justice
• On agenda: 5/23/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to report on sexual abuse
• Sponsors: Laurie A. Cumbo, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Carlina Rivera , Daniel Dromm
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/6/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
9/6/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amendment Proposed by Comm
9/6/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Laid Over by Committee
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Proposed Int. No. 933-A

By Council Members Cumbo, Ampry-Samuel, Rivera and Lander

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to report on sexual abuse
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-155 to read as follows:
? 9-155 Sexual abuse reporting. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Correctional health authority. The term "Correctional health authority" means the entity responsible for health and mental health services for inmates in the care and custody of the department.
Sexual Abuse. The term "sexual abuse" has the same meaning as set forth in section 115.6 of title 38 of the code of federal regulations, or any successor regulation.
Sexual Harassment. The term "sexual harassment" has the same meaning as set forth in section 115.6 of title 38 of the code of federal regulations, or any successor regulation.
b. Sixty days after the end of the quarter beginning January 1, 2019, and no later than the sixtieth day after the end of each subsequent quarter, the department shall post on its website a quarterly report of alleged incidents of sexual abuse and harassment that occurred during the preceding quarter. All data shall be submitted in a machine readable format that permits automatic processing. Such report shall include:
1. The facility in which the alleged incident occurred;
2. Whether the alleged perpetrator was an inmate, staff member, contractor, or volunteer;
3. The type of alleged sexual abuse;
4. The gender of alleged victim;
5. The gender of alleged perpetrator;
6. The age of alleged victim;
7. Whether the alleged perpetrator was over the age of 18;
8. The race and ethnic origin of the vict...