Bill Text: NY S01290 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of correctional services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and inmates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S01290 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01290-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1290
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- 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 preventing sexually
         transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and inmates
         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 141-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  141-A.  SEXUALLY  TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HIV; PREVENTION. 1.  THE
    4  COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS IN EVERY  CORRECTIONAL
    5  FACILITY  TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND
    6  HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY  VIRUS  INFECTION,  FOR  EMPLOYEES  AND  INMATES,
    7  INCLUDING  EDUCATION,  OUTREACH,  HARM  REDUCTION, OFFERING TESTING, AND
    8  AVAILABILITY OF PROPHYLACTIC DEVICES.
    9    2. IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF  SEXUALLY  TRANSMITTED
   10  DISEASES  AND  HUMAN  IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION, THE COMMISSIONER
   11  SHALL CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  TO  IDENTIFY  AND  SELECT
   12  CURRICULA  THAT  ARE  LIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING TRANSMISSION OF
   13  INFECTIOUS DISEASES WITHIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND  TO  CONTACTS  OF
   14  PRISONERS UPON THEIR RELEASE.
   15    3.  THE  PROGRAMS  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION MAY
   16  INCLUDE PEER EDUCATION AND USE OF NON-DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, AND SHALL BE
   17  IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TARGETED POPULATION, SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT  THE
   18  LITERACY  LEVEL  OF  THE  TARGETED  POPULATION,  AND SHALL BE CULTURALLY
   19  SENSITIVE TO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE TARGETED POPULATION.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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