Bill Text: NY A09961 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to peer support advocates who are certified or licensed and are participating in the provision of corrections-based substance use disorder treatment and transition services based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-30 - print number 9961a [A09961 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9961

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 26, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  prohibiting  correc-
          tional  facilities from blocking entry to peer support advocates based
          on such advocates' prior history of incarceration

          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 138-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 138-b. Permitted entry by peer support advocates. Peer support advo-
     4  cates  who  are  participating  in  the  provision  of corrections-based
     5  substance use disorder treatment and transition services, including  but
     6  not  limited  to  medication  assistant  treatment,  pursuant to section
     7  19.18-c of the mental hygiene law,  shall  not  be  unreasonably  denied
     8  entry  into  correctional facilities based on such advocates' history of
     9  prior incarceration.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    12  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    13  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    14  on or before such effective date.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14630-01-4