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Assembly Bill A5359

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits interference with the provision of medical assistance to incarcerated individuals

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2025-A5359 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1138
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-y, Exec L

2025-A5359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits any police officer, peace officer or employee of a correctional facility from interfering with the provision of medical assistance to an incarcerated individual.

2025-A5359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5359
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting interfer-
   ence with the provision of medical assistance to incarcerated individ-
   uals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 to read as follows:
   § 837-Y. INTERFERENCE WITH THE  PROVISION  OF  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  TO
 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "POLICE OFFICER" MEANS A PERSON DESIGNATED AS SUCH IN SUBDIVISION
 THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   (B) "PEACE OFFICER" MEANS A PERSON LISTED IN SECTION 2.10 OF THE CRIM-
 INAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   2. NO POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  A  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW, SHALL INTER-
 FERE WITH THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO AN  INCARCERATED  INDI-
 VIDUAL.
   3.  ANY  POLICE  OFFICER,  PEACE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF A CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY WHO INTERFERES WITH THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  TO  AN
 INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF
 A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03531-01-5

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