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Senate Bill S3326A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits county correction officers from dispensing medication using syringes or needles in jail to incarcerated individuals

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2021-S3326 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §505, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6699
2019-2020: S5645

2021-S3326 - Summary

Prohibits county correction officers from dispensing medication using syringes or needles to incarcerated individuals unless they are otherwise authorized to do so.

2021-S3326 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3326 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3326
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  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 prohibiting county
   correction officers  from  dispensing  medication  using  syringes  or
   needles in jails to inmates

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 505 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  COUNTY  CORRECTION OFFICERS IN LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL
 NOT DISPENSE OR ADMINISTER MEDICATION USING HYPODERMIC SYRINGES OR HYPO-
 DERMIC NEEDLES TO INMATES ON THE PREMISES OF A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
 ITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 UNLESS  THEY ARE OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT
 APPLY TO DISPENSING OF PILL-BASED MEDICATION TO INMATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08118-01-1

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2021-S3326A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §505, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6699
2019-2020: S5645

2021-S3326A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits county correction officers from dispensing medication using syringes or needles to incarcerated individuals unless they are otherwise authorized to do so.

2021-S3326A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3326A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3326--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Crime  Victims,
   Crime and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims,
   Crime  and  Correction  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting county
   correction officers  from  dispensing  medication  using  syringes  or
   needles in jails to incarcerated individuals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 505 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  COUNTY  CORRECTION OFFICERS IN LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL
 NOT DISPENSE OR ADMINISTER MEDICATION USING HYPODERMIC SYRINGES OR HYPO-
 DERMIC NEEDLES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS ON THE PREMISES  OF  A  LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO
 OF THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS THEY ARE OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED  TO  DO  SO.  THIS
 PROVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  DISPENSING OF PILL-BASED MEDICATION TO
 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08118-02-2

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