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Senate Bill S4441

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to develop programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2017-S4441 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6004
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §141-a, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3566, A5340
2015-2016: S1017, A4256
2019-2020: S804

2017-S4441 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the spread of hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and incarcerated persons.

2017-S4441 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4441 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4441
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, AVELLA, COMRIE, KRUEGER, PARKER, RIVERA
   -- 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  authorizing  the
   commissioner  of  corrections  and  community  supervision  to develop
   programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of  sexually
   transmitted diseases
 
   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 141-a
 to read as follows:
   § 141-A. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HIV; PREVENTION.  1.    THE
 COMMISSIONER,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP
 AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS IN EVERY CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  TO  PREVENT  THE
 SPREAD OF HEPATITIS C, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HUMAN IMMUNODE-
 FICIENCY  VIRUS  INFECTION,  FOR  DEPARTMENT  EMPLOYEES AND INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS,  INCLUDING  EDUCATION,  GROUP  AND  INDIVIDUAL  COUNSELING,
 OUTREACH TO THE INCARCERATED POPULATION, HARM REDUCTION, DISCHARGE PLAN-
 NING,  OFFERING  TESTING, AND AVAILABILITY OF PROPHYLACTIC DEVICES.  THE
 PROGRAM MAY PROVIDE FOR TRAINING INCARCERATED PERSONS TO  WORK  AS  PEER
 EDUCATORS IN THE PROGRAM.
   2.  THESE PROGRAMS SHALL BE OFFERED IN SUCH MANNER AND AT SUCH TIME AS
 TO ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE BY ALL  DEPARTMENT  EMPLOYEES  AND  INCARCERATED
 PERSONS.  PROGRAMMING  AS  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL INCLUDE  INCORPORATION  INTO  OTHER  CONTENT-NEUTRAL  PROGRAMS  TO
 ENSURE THAT ATTENDANCE IS NOT STIGMATIZED OR STIGMATIZING.
   3.  IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS C, SEXUALLY
 TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HUMAN  IMMUNODEFICIENCY  VIRUS  INFECTION,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH TO IDENTIFY
 AND SELECT CURRICULA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING  TRANS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02691-02-7

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