Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 21, 2016 |
signed chap.17 |
Mar 11, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 07, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.424 substituted for a9163 |
Feb 25, 2016 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 08, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.147 |
Feb 05, 2016 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6695
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
2015-S6695 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9163
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §611, Cor L; amd §2, Chap of 2015 (as proposed in A.6430-A and S.983-A)
2015-S6695 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6695 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the restraint of pregnant female prisoners during childbirth; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2015 amending the correction law relating to the restraint of female prisoners during childbirth, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A.6430-A and S.983-A PURPOSE : To strengthen the prohibition against shackling women prisoners during labor. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends Correction Law § 611 to clarify the exception to the rule against shackling women in labor and to expand the anti-shackling law to include any pregnant woman or woman during a postpartum period of 8 weeks. Section 2 provides an effective date. JUSTIFICATION :
2015-S6695 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6695 I N S E N A T E February 5, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the restraint of pregnant female prisoners during childbirth; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2015 amending the correction law relating to the restraint of female prisoners during childbirth, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A.6430-A and S.983-A THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 611 of the correction law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2015 amending the correction law relating to the restraint of pregnant female prisoners during child- birth, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A. 6430-A and S. 983-A, is amended to read as follows: 1. (a) If a woman confined in any institution or local correctional facility be pregnant and about to give birth to a child, the superinten- dent or sheriff in charge of such institution or facility, a reasonable time before the anticipated birth of such child, shall cause such woman to be removed from such institution or facility and provided with comfortable accommodations, maintenance and medical care elsewhere, under such supervision and safeguards to prevent her escape from custody as the superintendent or sheriff or his or her designee may determine. No restraints of any kind shall be used during transport of such woman, a woman who is known to be pregnant BY CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL OR PERSON- NEL PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE INSTITUTION OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, or a woman within eight weeks after delivery or pregnancy outcome [receives care], absent extraordinary circumstances in which: I. the superintendent or sheriff or his or her designee in consulta- tion with the [chief medical officer] MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTITUTION has made an individualized determination that restraints are necessary to prevent such woman from injuring herself or medical or correctional personnel or others and cannot reasonably be restrained by other means, including the use of additional personnel[.]; OR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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