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Assembly Bill A614

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the department of corrections shall provide an inmate, upon his or her discharge, with educational information about the prevention of HIV

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2011-A614 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6488
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง76, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8384, S5973
2013-2014: A3496, S1407
2015-2016: A3287
2017-2018: A1805
2019-2020: A916

2011-A614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the department of corrections and community supervision shall provide an inmate, upon his or her discharge, with educational information about the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), instructions about how to obtain free HIV testing and referrals to community-based HIV prevention, education and counseling resources.

2011-A614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   614

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, TITONE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to human immunodeficien-
  cy virus (HIV) prevention

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 76 to
read as follows:
  S  76.  HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) PREVENTION.  UPON DISCHARGE
OF AN INMATE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  PROVIDE
SUCH  INMATE  WITH EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF HUMAN
IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION, INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HOW TO OBTAIN
FREE HIV TESTING UPON RELEASE, INCLUDING  CONTACT  INFORMATION  FOR  HIV
COUNSELING  AND  TESTING SERVICE PROVIDERS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OR CITY
IN WHICH SUCH INMATE INTENDS TO RESIDE UPON RELEASE,  AND  REFERRALS  TO
COMMUNITY-BASED  HIV  PREVENTION,  EDUCATION  AND  COUNSELING  RESOURCES
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OR CITY IN WHICH SUCH  INMATE  INTENDS  TO  RESIDE
UPON RELEASE.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01526-01-1

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