Assembly Actions -
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May 08, 2024 |
2nd report cal. |
May 07, 2024 |
1st report cal.989 |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to health |
Feb 14, 2023 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 04, 2023 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S505
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-S505 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S505 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S505 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding review of correctional health services and health care staffing at correctional facilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To expand the Department of Health's (DOH's) review and oversight of health policies and practices in the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and local correctional facilities. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends subdivision 26 of Public Health Law § 206 by adding additional categories of health services - emerging infectious diseases, women's health, transgender health, chronic health conditions, substance use disorder, health care services for individuals fifty years of age or older, and discharge planning - to DOH's existing power to review DOCCS
2023-S505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 505 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding review of correctional health services and health care staffing at correc- tional facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 26 of section 206 of the public health law, as separately amended by chapters 45 and 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subdivision 26-a is added to read as follows: 26. (A) The commissioner [is hereby authorized and directed to], IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS IN RELATION TO SUBPARAGRAPH (X) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL review any policy or practice instituted in facilities operated by the department of corrections and community supervision, and in all local correctional facilities, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section two of the correction law, regarding: (I) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)[,] AND acquired immunodeficien- cy syndrome (AIDS)[,]; (II) hepatitis C (HCV)[, and]; (III) COVID-19[, including the prevention of the transmission of and the treatment of such infections and diseases among incarcerated indi- viduals]; (IV) EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES; (V) WOMEN'S HEALTH; (VI) TRANSGENDER HEALTH; (VII) CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ASTHMA, DIABETES, AND HEART DISEASE; (VIII) HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; (IX) DISCHARGE PLANNING OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCLUDING PLANNING FOR DISCHARGES REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT OR LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES; AND (X) SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
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