Senate Bill S505

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the health department's review of correctional health services

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S505 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7522
2021-2022: S4964

2023-S505 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the health department's review of correctional health services by including a biennial study of health care staffing at facilities operated by the department of corrections and community supervision.

2023-S505 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    505
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  expanding  review
   of  correctional  health  services and health care staffing at correc-
   tional facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 26 of section 206 of the public health law, as
 separately amended by chapters 45 and  322  of  the  laws  of  2021,  is
 amended and a new subdivision 26-a is added to read as follows:
   26.  (A)  The  commissioner [is hereby authorized and directed to], IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS IN
 RELATION TO SUBPARAGRAPH (X) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL review any  policy
 or  practice  instituted  in  facilities  operated  by the department of
 corrections and community supervision, and  in  all  local  correctional
 facilities,  as  defined  in  subdivision  sixteen of section two of the
 correction law, regarding:
   (I) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)[,] AND acquired immunodeficien-
 cy syndrome (AIDS)[,];
   (II) hepatitis C (HCV)[, and];
   (III) COVID-19[, including the prevention of the transmission  of  and
 the  treatment  of such infections and diseases among incarcerated indi-
 viduals];
   (IV) EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES;
   (V) WOMEN'S HEALTH;
   (VI) TRANSGENDER HEALTH;
   (VII) CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  ASTHMA,
 DIABETES, AND HEART DISEASE;
   (VIII)  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES  FOR  INDIVIDUALS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OR
 OLDER;
   (IX) DISCHARGE PLANNING OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCLUDING PLANNING FOR
 DISCHARGES REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT OR LONG-TERM  CARE  SERVICES;
 AND
   (X) SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
 
              

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