Bill Text: NY A04159 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to peer support advocates who are certified or licensed and are participating in the provision of corrections-based substance use disorder treatment and transition services based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-31 - referred to correction [A04159 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A04159-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4159

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2025
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JACKSON,  BURDICK,  DAVILA  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  prohibiting  correc-
          tional  facilities from blocking entry to peer support advocates based
          on such advocates' prior history of incarceration

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 138-b. Permitted entry by peer support advocates. Peer support advo-
     4  cates  who  are  certified  or  licensed  by  a state agency, or a state
     5  authorized entity including the  New  York  certification  board,  or  a
     6  nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, and are partic-
     7  ipating  in  the  provision  of corrections-based substance use disorder
     8  treatment and transition services, including but not limited to  medica-
     9  tion  assistant  treatment,  pursuant  to  section 19.18-c of the mental
    10  hygiene law, shall not be unreasonably denied  entry  into  correctional
    11  facilities  soley  based  on such advocates' history of prior incarcera-
    12  tion.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    15  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    16  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    17  on or before such effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05308-01-5