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Senate Bill S5317A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the office of addiction services and supports to collect certain demographic data

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2025-S5317 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3936
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §626, Cor L; amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L

2025-S5317 - Summary

Requires the office of addiction services and supports to collect certain demographic data for incarcerated individuals in medication assisted treatment programs.

2025-S5317 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5317 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5317
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law  and the mental hygiene law, in
   relation to data collected for medication assisted treatment  programs
   at correctional facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 626  of  the  correction  law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters  147  and  486 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. The commissioner shall [submit within one  year  of  the  effective
 date  of this section and annually thereafter, a report to the governor,
 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on
 the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to  this  section.
 Such  reports shall include an analysis of the impact of such program on
 the participating incarcerated individuals, including  factors  such  as
 institutional  adjustment,  behavior infractions, reentry rates, HIV and
 hepatitis C treatment, and program participation, among related relevant
 factors. The reports shall also  include  the  impact  on  institutional
 safety  and  performance and any recommendations for additional legisla-
 tive enactments that may be needed or required to improve or enhance the
 program as determined to be appropriate by the commissioner], ALONG WITH
 THE STATE COMMISSION OF CORRECTION, PROVIDE DATA NECESSARY  TO  COMPLETE
 THE  REPORT  REQUIRED  BY SUBDIVISION (H) OF SECTION 19.07 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES  AND
 SUPPORTS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law, as
 separately amended by chapters 322 and 494  of  the  laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02571-01-5
 S. 5317                             2
              

2025-S5317A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3936
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §626, Cor L; amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L

2025-S5317A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of addiction services and supports to collect certain demographic data for incarcerated individuals in medication assisted treatment programs.

2025-S5317A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5317A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5317--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
   Correction  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction  law  and  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation  to data collected for medication assisted treatment programs
   at correctional facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 626 of the correction law, as
 separately amended by chapters 147 and 486  of  the  laws  of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  The  commissioner  shall  [submit within one year of the effective
 date of this section and annually thereafter, a report to the  governor,
 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on
 the  effectiveness  of the program established pursuant to this section.
 Such reports shall include an analysis of the impact of such program  on
 the  participating  incarcerated  individuals, including factors such as
 institutional adjustment, behavior infractions, reentry rates,  HIV  and
 hepatitis C treatment, and program participation, among related relevant
 factors.  The  reports  shall  also  include the impact on institutional
 safety and performance and any recommendations for  additional  legisla-
 tive enactments that may be needed or required to improve or enhance the
 program as determined to be appropriate by the commissioner], ALONG WITH
 THE  STATE  COMMISSION OF CORRECTION, PROVIDE DATA NECESSARY TO COMPLETE
 THE REPORT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION (H) OF SECTION 19.07  OF  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND
 SUPPORTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02571-03-6
 S. 5317--A                          2
              

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