Bill Text: NY S01233 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-21 - referred to ways and means [S01233 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S01233-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1233 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 increasing access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English 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 627 2 to read as follows: 3 § 627. Access to substance abuse programming for certain incarcerated 4 individuals. The commissioner shall take steps to ensure that incarcer- 5 ated individuals whose first language is not English are able to under- 6 stand, participate and complete substance abuse programs provided in 7 correctional facilities. Such steps may include, but need not be limited 8 to, increased employment of bilingual substance abuse counselors and 9 program staff, translation of program content and materials, targeted 10 programs for non-English speaking incarcerated individuals and other 11 strategies determined by the commissioner in consultation with the 12 office of addiction services and supports. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00608-01-3
