Assembly Bill A8764A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A8764 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§207-a & 140-a, amd §§140, 611 & 505, Cor L; amd §2308-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A118
2021-2022: A211
2023-2024: A227

2017-A8764 - Summary

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; provides access to pregnancy counseling services; authorizes a support person to accompany an inmate during delivery

2017-A8764 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8764
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   women's  health  education  program  for  correctional  facilities and
   rights of pregnant  inmates;  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  certain  testing  to be offered; to amend the
   correction law, in relation to providing pregnant inmates with  access
   to  prenatal  vitamins  and  a  specialized  diet;  and to require the
   department of health to collect data on women's health care in prisons
   and publish a report
 
   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 148-a
 to read as follows:
   §  148-A.  WOMEN'S  HEALTH  EDUCATION  PROGRAM.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND  DIRECTED
 TO  ASSIST AND COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND  CONDUCT
 OF A WOMEN'S HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES
 UNDER THEIR DIRECTION. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL EDUCATE INSTITUTION AND FACIL-
 ITY  MEDICAL  STAFF  FOCUSING ON THE SPECIFIC MEDICAL NEEDS OF WOMEN AND
 PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTFUL AND INFORMED CARE  FOR  WOMEN,  ESPE-
 CIALLY THOSE WHO MAY BE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
   §  2.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of section 611
 of the correction law, paragraph (c) of  subdivision  1  as  amended  by
 chapter  17  of the laws of 2016 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter
 242 of the laws of 1930, are amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to
 read as follows:
   (c) No restraints of any kind shall be used  when  such  woman  is  in
 labor,  admitted  to  a hospital, institution or clinic for delivery, or
 recovering after giving birth. Any such personnel as may be necessary to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-A8764A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§207-a & 140-a, amd §§140, 611 & 505, Cor L; amd §2308-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A118
2021-2022: A211
2023-2024: A227

2017-A8764A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; provides access to pregnancy counseling services; authorizes a support person to accompany an inmate during delivery

2017-A8764A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8764--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on  Correction
   in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
   women's health  education  program  for  correctional  facilities  and
   rights  of  pregnant  inmates;  to  amend  the  public  health law, in
   relation to requiring certain testing to  be  offered;  to  amend  the
   correction  law, in relation to providing pregnant inmates with access
   to prenatal vitamins and  a  specialized  diet;  and  to  require  the
   department of health to collect data on women's health care in prisons
   and publish a report
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 207-a to read as follows:
   §  207-A.  WOMEN'S HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM IN STATE AND LOCAL CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITIES. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND THE CHAIR OF THE
 STATE COMMISSION OF CORRECTION, SHALL ESTABLISH A WOMEN'S HEALTH  EDUCA-
 TION  PROGRAM  IN  STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH PROGRAM
 SHALL EDUCATE FACILITY MEDICAL STAFF ON THE  SPECIAL  MEDICAL  NEEDS  OF
 WOMEN,  INCLUDING  TRAINING  ON  PROVIDING  PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTFUL AND
 INFORMED CARE OF WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  OR
 SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
   §  2.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of section 611
 of the correction law, paragraph (c) of  subdivision  1  as  amended  by
 chapter  17  of the laws of 2016 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter
 242 of the laws of 1930, are amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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