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Assembly Bill A7188A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English

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2021-A7188 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3362
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §627, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7158, S4367
2011-2012: A1021, S977
2013-2014: A2022, S3348
2015-2016: A5931, S2042
2017-2018: A3192, S3344
2019-2020: A3204, S2200
2023-2024: A908, S1233
2025-2026: S863

2021-A7188 - Summary

Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English.

2021-A7188 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7188
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to increasing access to
   substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is  not
   English
 
   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.  ACCESS  TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMMING FOR CERTAIN PRISONERS.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT PRISONERS  WHOSE  FIRST
 LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, PARTICIPATE AND COMPLETE
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  PROGRAMS  PROVIDED  IN  THE  PRISONS.  SUCH  STEPS MAY
 INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT  OF  BILINGUAL
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  COUNSELORS  AND  PROGRAM STAFF, TRANSLATION OF PROGRAM
 CONTENT AND MATERIALS, TARGETED PROGRAMS FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING  PRIS-
 ONERS  AND  OTHER STRATEGIES DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTA-
 TION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07078-01-1

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2021-A7188A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3362
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §627, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7158, S4367
2011-2012: A1021, S977
2013-2014: A2022, S3348
2015-2016: A5931, S2042
2017-2018: A3192, S3344
2019-2020: A3204, S2200
2023-2024: A908, S1233
2025-2026: S863

2021-A7188A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English.

2021-A7188A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7188--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BURGOS, GIBBS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction -- reported and referred to the  Committee  on
   Ways  and  Means  -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to increasing access  to
   substance  abuse  programming for incarcerated individuals whose first
   language is not English
 
   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 627
 to read as follows:
   § 627. ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMMING FOR CERTAIN  INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT INCARCER-
 ATED INDIVIDUALS WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH ARE ABLE TO  UNDER-
 STAND,  PARTICIPATE  AND  COMPLETE  SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS PROVIDED IN
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH STEPS MAY INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED
 TO, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OF BILINGUAL  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  COUNSELORS  AND
 PROGRAM  STAFF,  TRANSLATION  OF PROGRAM CONTENT AND MATERIALS, TARGETED
 PROGRAMS FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  AND  OTHER
 STRATEGIES  DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE
 OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07078-02-2

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