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Assembly Bill A7394

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the classification of transgender or intersex inmates

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

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2019-A7394 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §500-b, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7653

2019-A7394 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the classification of transgender or intersex inmates; authorizes the chief administrative officer to assign a transgender or intersex inmate to any facility housing unit which shall ensure the inmate's health and safety.

2019-A7394 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7394
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DAVILA -- (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 or 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  OFFICER, ENSURES THE
 INMATE'S HEALTH AND SAFETY AND IS CONSISTENT  WITH  FACILITY  MANAGEMENT
 AND SECURITY.
   §  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 deemed repealed therewith.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.
                                                            LBD09220-01-9

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