Bill Text: NY S01017 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1017 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the spread of hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and incarcerated persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S01017 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1017
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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, in relation to preventing sexually
         transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and inmates
         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 141-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  141-A.  SEXUALLY  TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HIV; PREVENTION. 1.  THE
    4  COMMISSIONER, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  DEVELOP
    5  AND  IMPLEMENT  PROGRAMS  IN  EVERY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO PREVENT THE
    6  SPREAD OF HEPATITIS C, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HUMAN IMMUNODE-
    7  FICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION,  FOR  DEPARTMENT  EMPLOYEES  AND  INCARCERATED
    8  INDIVIDUALS,  INCLUDING  EDUCATION,  GROUP  AND  INDIVIDUAL  COUNSELING,
    9  OUTREACH TO THE INCARCERATED POPULATION, HARM REDUCTION, DISCHARGE PLAN-
   10  NING, OFFERING TESTING, AND AVAILABILITY OF PROPHYLACTIC DEVICES.    THE
   11  PROGRAM  MAY  PROVIDE  FOR TRAINING INCARCERATED PERSONS TO WORK AS PEER
   12  EDUCATORS IN THE PROGRAM.
   13    2. THESE PROGRAMS SHALL BE OFFERED IN SUCH MANNER AND AT SUCH TIME  AS
   14  TO  ENCOURAGE  ATTENDANCE  BY  ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND INCARCERATED
   15  PERSONS. PROGRAMMING AS REQUIRED BY  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION
   16  SHALL  INCLUDE  INCORPORATION  INTO  OTHER  CONTENT-NEUTRAL  PROGRAMS TO
   17  ENSURE THAT ATTENDANCE IS NOT STIGMATIZED OR STIGMATIZING.
   18    3. IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS C,  SEXUALLY
   19  TRANSMITTED  DISEASES  AND  HUMAN  IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION, THE
   20  COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  TO  IDENTIFY
   21  AND  SELECT CURRICULA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING TRANS-
   22  MISSION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES WITHIN  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES  AND  TO
   23  CONTACTS OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS UPON THEIR RELEASE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02822-01-5
       S. 1017                             2
    1    4.  THE  PROGRAMS  REQUIRED  BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHOULD
    2  INCLUDE PEER EDUCATION AND USE  OF  NON-DEPARTMENT  PERSONNEL  INCLUDING
    3  COMMUNITY  PROVIDERS, AND SHALL BE IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TARGETED POPU-
    4  LATION, SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LITERACY LEVEL OF THE TARGETED POPU-
    5  LATION,  AND  SHALL  BE  CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
    6  NEEDS OF THE TARGETED POPULATION.
    7    5. IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A COHORT OF SKILLED TRAINERS, THE COMMISSIONER,
    8  TOGETHER WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT  A
    9  PEER  EDUCATOR TRAINING PROGRAM.  COMPLETION OF A PEER EDUCATOR TRAINING
   10  PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL PERMIT A PARTICIPANT TO RECEIVE A  PEER
   11  EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.