Bill Text: NY A08384 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the department of corrections shall provide an inmate, upon his or her discharge, with educational information about the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), instructions about how to obtain free HIV testing and referrals to community-based HIV prevention, education and counseling resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-01-06 - ordered to third reading cal.581 [A08384 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A08384-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8384--B
                                                                  R. R. 444
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 18, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PEOPLES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Correction  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
         from committee, advanced to  a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
         reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to human immunodeficien-
         cy virus (HIV) prevention
         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 75 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 75. HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) PREVENTION.   UPON  DISCHARGE
    4  OF  AN INMATE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE
    5  SUCH INMATE WITH EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PREVENTION  OF  HUMAN
    6  IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION, INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HOW TO OBTAIN
    7  FREE  HIV  TESTING  UPON  RELEASE, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HIV
    8  COUNSELING AND TESTING SERVICE PROVIDERS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY  OR  CITY
    9  IN  WHICH  SUCH  INMATE INTENDS TO RESIDE UPON RELEASE, AND REFERRALS TO
   10  COMMUNITY-BASED  HIV  PREVENTION,  EDUCATION  AND  COUNSELING  RESOURCES
   11  LOCATED  IN  THE  COUNTY  OR CITY IN WHICH SUCH INMATE INTENDS TO RESIDE
   12  UPON RELEASE.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   14  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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