Bill Text: NY S05119 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5119 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides inmates with access to breast cancer screenings every two years and information about breast self-examinations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-10 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05119 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05119-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5119

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 24, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- 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 providing inmates
          with access to breast cancer screenings and information  about  breast
          self-examinations

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

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Eleonora
     2  legacy act".
     3    § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 626 to read
     4  as follows:
     5    §  626.  Routine  mammogram  screenings.  Routine mammogram screenings
     6  shall be offered every two years at no cost  to  individuals  housed  in
     7  state and local correctional facilities used for the general confinement
     8  of  inmates  and  in any other state or local facility where individuals
     9  are detained or confined by law enforcement agencies.
    10    § 3. Section 140 of the correction law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    11  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    12    5.  The  department  shall,  to  the  best of its ability, provide all
    13  sentenced inmates with educational programs focused on the importance of
    14  preventative health care measures that includes, but is not limited  to,
    15  breast self-examinations.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it shall become have a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04968-01-1