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Assembly Bill A7826

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the classification of transgender and intersex inmates in county jails

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2015-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง500-b, Cor L

2015-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the classification of transgender and intersex inmates in county jails.

2015-A7826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7826

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DAVILA, O'DONNELL -- (at request of the State
  Commission of Correction) -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the classification of
  transgender and intersex inmates in county jails

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

  Section 1. Section 500-b of the correction law is amended by adding  a
new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
  14.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, A TRANSGENDER OR
INTERSEX INMATE MAY BE ASSIGNED TO ANY FACILITY HOUSING UNIT WHICH, UPON
THE DETERMINATION  OF  THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICE,  ENSURES  THE
INMATE'S  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY AND IS CONSISTENT WITH FACILITY MANAGEMENT
AND SECURITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  amendments  to  section 500-b of the correction law made by section
one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
deemed repealed therewith.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09594-01-5

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