Bill Text: NY S05134 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5134

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, to develop a uniform electronic medical records system to be utilized by all correctional facilities in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S05134 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5134

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 19, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. HARCKHAM, FERNANDEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SALAZAR -- 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 establishing a
          uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilities

          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 144
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 144. Uniform electronic medical records.  1.  The  commissioner,  in
     4  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of health and the commissioner of
     5  mental health, shall develop a uniform electronic medical records system
     6  to be utilized by all correctional facilities in the state.
     7    2. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and  regulations  necessary
     8  for the implementation of this section.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    10  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    11  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    12  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    13  completed on or before such effective date.




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