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Apr 18, 2023 | reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 27, 2023 | referred to correction |
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A4957 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4957 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing incarcerat- ed individuals with access to breast cancer screenings and information about breast self-examinations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Eleonora legacy act". § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 627 to read as follows: § 627. ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM SCREENINGS. ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM SCREENINGS SHALL BE OFFERED EVERY TWO YEARS AT NO COST TO INDIVIDUALS HOUSED IN STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES USED FOR THE GENERAL CONFINEMENT OF INMATES AND IN ANY OTHER STATE OR LOCAL FACILITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE DETAINED OR CONFINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. § 3. Section 140 of the correction law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY, PROVIDE ALL SENTENCED INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE MEASURES THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, BREAST SELF-EXAMINATIONS. § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall become have a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01201-01-3