New York Consolidated Laws, Correction Law - COR § 47. Functions, powers and duties of the board

(a) Investigate and review the cause and circumstances surrounding the death of any incarcerated individual of a correctional facility.

(b) Visit and inspect any correctional facility wherein an incarcerated individual has died.

(c) Cause the body of the deceased to undergo such examinations, including an autopsy, as in the opinion of the board, are necessary to determine the cause of death, irrespective of whether any such examination or autopsy shall have previously been performed.

(d) [Eff. until May 9, 2026.  See, also, par. (d) below.] Upon review of the cause of death and circumstances surrounding the death of any incarcerated individual, the board shall submit its report thereon to the commission and to the governor, the chairman of the assembly committee on correction and the chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction and, where appropriate, make recommendations to prevent the recurrence of such deaths to the commission and the administrator of the appropriate correctional facility.  The report provided to the governor, the chairman of the assembly committee on correction and the chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction shall not be redacted except as otherwise required to protect confidential medical records and behavioral health records in accordance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.

(d) [Eff. May 9, 2026.  See, also, par. (d) above.] Upon review of the cause of death and circumstances surrounding the death of any incarcerated individual, the board shall submit its report thereon to the commission and to the governor, the chair of the assembly committee on correction and the chair of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction and, where appropriate, make recommendations to prevent the recurrence of such deaths to the commission and the administrator of the appropriate correctional facility.  The report provided to the governor, the chair of the assembly committee on correction and the chair of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction shall not be redacted except as otherwise required to protect confidential medical records and behavioral health records in accordance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.