What's happening
This bill allows counties in New York to contract medical groups or corporations to provide jail inmate health care, designating a chief medical officer.
Why it matters
Increases flexibility for counties. By allowing counties to contract with medical groups or corporations, the bill offers more options beyond hiring an individual jail physician, potentially improving staffing and continuity of inmate care.
Potential for broader expertise and resources. Professional partnerships and medical corporations may have access to more diverse medical expertise, advanced protocols, and greater resources than a single practitioner, which could enhance the quality of health services for inmates.
Establishes clear accountability. Requiring the designation of a chief medical officer within contracted entities ensures there is a specific individual responsible for medical oversight and compliance in the jail setting.
Could impact costs and efficiency. The ability to contract with organizations rather than individuals may help counties control or reduce costs, streamline administrative processes, and better adapt to changing healthcare demands within their jails.
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Expand Jail Health Options
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Sponsors
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History
- Signed chap.122
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–2
- 3rd reading cal.2038
- Substituted for S5409A
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.308
- Rules report cal.308
- Reported
Show 3 earlier actions
- Amend and recommit to rules 7985a
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to correction
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Update Jail Medical Staffing
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Patrick M. Gallivan
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7985--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 24, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE -- (at request of the State Commission of Correction) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to health care services for county jail inmates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 501 of the correction law is amended to read as follows:
§ 501. Jail physician. 1. The board of supervisors of each county, except New York, must appoint some reputable physician, duly authorized to practice medicine, as the physician to the jail of the county. If there is more than one jail they must appoint a physician to each. The physician to a jail holds his office at the pleasure of the board which appointed him, except in the county of Kings. In that county, the term of his office is three years.
2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, a county board of supervisors may instead procure the services of a professional partnership, a professional service corporation, a professional service limited liability company or a registered limited liability company, duly authorized to practice medicine in the state, for the purpose of providing health services to the inmates of the jail, provided that one physician from any such professional partnership, professional services corporation, professional service limited liability company or registered limited liability company shall be designated by the board to act as the chief medical officer of the jail.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10049-04-7
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