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Assembly Bill A3287

2015-2016 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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2015-A3287 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง77, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8384
2011-2012: A614
2013-2014: A3496
2017-2018: A1805
2019-2020: A916

2015-A3287 (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.

2015-A3287 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3287

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, TITONE, PERRY, GLICK -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.   ARROYO -- 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 77 to
read as follows:
  S 77. 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.
                                                           LBD01220-02-5

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