Assembly Bill A6742

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilities

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A6742 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5134
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §144, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5902, S5214

2025-A6742 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, to develop a uniform electronic medical records system to be utilized by all correctional facilities in the state.

2025-A6742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6742
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. KELLES, LEVENBERG, KIM, WOERNER, EPSTEIN, GIBBS,
   RAGA, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilities

   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  144
 to read as follows:
   §  144.  UNIFORM  ELECTRONIC  MEDICAL RECORDS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP A UNIFORM ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM
 TO BE UTILIZED BY ALL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN THE STATE.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09718-01-5

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