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Senate Bill S230

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires free distribution of condoms to inmates

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2011-S230 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §609, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S1267

2011-S230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires free, routine distribution of condoms to inmates.

2011-S230 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   230

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, PARKER
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring correction-
  al facilities to distribute condoms to inmates

  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  609
to read as follows:
  S  609.  DISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS TO INMATES. THE WARDEN OR SUPERINTEN-
DENT OF EACH OF THE INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE  DEPART-
MENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SHALL REGULARLY DISTRIBUTE CONDOMS FREE OF
CHARGE  TO EACH INMATE IN HIS OR HER CUSTODY. SUCH DISTRIBUTION SHALL BE
PART OF A ROUTINE PROGRAM AND SHALL NOT REQUIRE A REQUEST BY AN INMATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01398-01-1

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