Assembly Actions -
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Jun 04, 2018 |
held for consideration in correction |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to correction |
Feb 06, 2017 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A5049
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DIPIETRO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-A5049 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A5049 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the medical testing for infection with the AIDS virus of certain inmates applying for certain inmate privileges such as marriage, temporary release program, and family reunions; authorizes the disclosure of such test results for such purposes; authorizes the notification of correctional personnel of inmates having symptoms of AIDS; authorizes commissioner to deny access of the inmate to such privileges if they test positive.
2017-A5049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5049 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law and the education law, in relation to providing for the medical testing of certain inmates upon application for certain privileges and authorizing the disclosure of such test results for such purpose and diagnosing of certain disease symptoms 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 two new sections 144 and 145 to read as follows: § 144. MEDICAL TESTING OF CERTAIN INMATES UPON APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN PRIVILEGES. 1. INMATES APPLYING TO THE COMMISSIONER TO MARRY, TO PARTIC- IPATE IN THE FAMILY REUNION PROGRAM, OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A TEMPORARY RELEASE PROGRAM, SHALL SUBMIT TO A TEST FOR EVIDENCE OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS), THE AIDS RELATED COMPLEX (ARC), AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION. AS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE AIDS DISEASE INCREASES, USAGE OF TERMINOLOGY AND ADDITIONAL TESTS FOR HIV OR FOR LEVELS OF ANTIGEN OR ANTIBODY SHALL BE MODIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST PUBLICATION MADE AVAILABLE BY THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. 2. UPON PROOF THAT ANY IDENTIFIABLE INMATE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE PRIVILEGES SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, HAS TESTED POSITIVE, HAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ANTIGEN OR ANTIBODY OR HAS OTHERWISE TESTED POSITIVE FOR INFECTION WITH HIV OR INFECTION WITH THE PROBABLE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AIDS, THE COMMISSIONER MAY DENY SUCH REQUESTED PRIVILEGE TO SUCH INMATE. 3. INMATES GRANTED THE PRIVILEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FAMILY REUNION PROGRAM OR A TEMPORARY RELEASE PROGRAM SHALL SUBMIT TO ANY OF THE TESTS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION DURING PARTICIPATION IN SUCH PROGRAM AT INTERVALS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER BUT IN NO CASE LESS THAN SIX MONTH INTERVALS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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