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Assembly Bill A908

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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2023-A908 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1233
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
2021-2022: A7188, S3362
2025-2026: S863

2023-A908 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    908
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BURGOS, GIBBS -- 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 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.
                                                            LBD00608-01-3

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