Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 10, 2020 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A10623
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SAYEGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
2019-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §626, Cor L
2019-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10623 I N A S S E M B L Y June 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting the transfer of incarcerated individuals during a public health emergency unless the incarcerated individual requests such transfer 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 626 to read as follows: § 626. CARE OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMER- GENCY. (A) NO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE TRANSFERRED FROM A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO A DIFFERENT STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY DURING A DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OF A DISEASE IN A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS MAY BE TRANSFERRED FROM SUCH FACILITY; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO TRANSFERS REQUESTED BY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. (B) DURING A DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, EACH INCARCERATED INDI- VIDUAL SHALL BE CONTINUALLY TESTED FOR ANY DISEASE RELATED TO SUCH PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AS SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE FOLLOWING THE DEVELOP- MENT OF A TEST FOR SUCH DISEASE. THE RESULTS FROM THE TESTS OF INCARCER- ATED INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE COMMISSIONER, THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16614-03-0
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