Bill Text: NY S01293 | 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: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S01293 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01293-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1293--A
           Cal. No. 344
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 28, 2009
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       Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ONORATO -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the Committee on Crime
         Victims, Crime and Correction -- reported favorably from said  commit-
         tee,  ordered  to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
         amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  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. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 510 to read
   14  as follows:
   15    S 510. HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) PREVENTION.  UPON  DISCHARGE
   16  OF  AN  INMATE  FROM  A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WHERE SUCH INMATE'S
   17  SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT IS THIRTY DAYS OR MORE NOT INCLUDING A SENTENCE
   18  OF INTERMITTENT IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHTY-FIVE  OF
   19  THE  PENAL  LAW,  THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF SUCH LOCAL CORREC-
   20  TIONAL FACILITY, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, SHALL PROVIDE SUCH INMATE  WITH
   21  EDUCATIONAL  INFORMATION  ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01491-03-9
       S. 1293--A                          2
    1  VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION, INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HOW TO OBTAIN FREE HIV TESTING
    2  UPON RELEASE, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LOCAL HIV COUNSELING AND
    3  TESTING  SERVICE  PROVIDERS,  AND  REFERRALS  TO   COMMUNITY-BASED   HIV
    4  PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND COUNSELING RESOURCES.
    5    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    6  have become a law.