Assembly Bill A4512

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to prenatal and postnatal care and testing and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV for prisoners

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  • 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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2015-A4512 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9990
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §611, add §141-a, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8146

2015-A4512 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prenatal and postnatal care and testing and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV for prisoners.

2015-A4512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4512

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prenatal and  postna-
  tal  care  and testing and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases
  and HIV for prisoners

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  611  of  the correction law is amended by adding
eleven new subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 to  read
as follows:
  4.  ANY PREGNANT WOMAN CONFINED IN ANY INSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN PARA-
GRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THE  CORRECTION  LAW  OR
LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION
SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION  LAW  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  WITH
APPROPRIATE  AND  TIMELY  PRENATAL  AND POSTNATAL CARE INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRICAL CARE;
  (B) MEDICAL DIETS FOR PRENATAL NUTRITION;
  (C) ALL LABORATORY TESTS AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL; AND
  (D) SPECIAL HOUSING AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
  5. UPON REQUEST, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL  APPLICABLE  LAWS,  FEMALE
INMATES  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE  ABORTIONS IN AN APPROPRIATELY
EQUIPPED AND LICENSED MEDICAL FACILITY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME-FRAME.
  6. UPON REQUEST, PREGNANT INMATES SHALL BE PROVIDED ACCESS TO ADOPTION
OR FOSTER CARE SERVICES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S  SOCIAL  SERVICE  UNIT.
UNDER  NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CORRECTIONAL OR HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL DELAY
OR DENY AN INMATE ACCESS TO SUCH SERVICES OR FORCE AN INMATE TO  UTILIZE
EITHER SERVICE AGAINST HER WILL.
  7.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REQUIRE  EVERY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WHERE
INFANTS ARE HOUSED TO MAINTAIN AN  INFANT  NURSERY  WITH  EQUIPMENT  AND
FURNISHINGS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08656-01-5
              

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