Bill Text: NY S06322 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision to undertake a study of the surveillance, prevention, treatment and prevalence of hepatitis C among the inmate population.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-21 - SIGNED CHAP.429 [S06322 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06322-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6322 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to direct the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision to undertake a study of the surveillance, prevention, treatment and prevalence of hepatitis C among the inmate population The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of corrections and 2 community supervision, in consultation with the department of health, 3 shall undertake a study of the surveillance, prevention, treatment and 4 prevalence of hepatitis C among the inmate population, and any proce- 5 dural, regulatory, legislative, or budgetary obstacles to effective 6 surveillance, prevention, and/or treatment of hepatitis C among the 7 inmate population. 8 § 2. The department of corrections and community supervision shall 9 make a report to the governor and the legislature of the information 10 required under section one of this act, its findings and conclusions, 11 and any legislative recommendations it deems necessary no later than one 12 year after the effective date of this act. 13 § 3. To the maximum extent feasible, the department of corrections and 14 community supervision shall be entitled to request and receive and shall 15 utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources and data of any 16 department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state 17 as it may reasonably request to properly carry out its responsibilities 18 pursuant to this act. 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11721-01-7