What's happening
This bill requires correctional facilities to provide inmates with educational information and referrals for HIV prevention and testing upon release.
Why it matters
Addresses a critical gap in public health by ensuring that individuals leaving correctional facilities receive updated, actionable information on HIV prevention, testing, and care. , which can help reduce the risk of HIV transmission in high-risk populations.
Provides direct connections to community-based HIV counseling and prevention resources. , increasing the likelihood that formerly incarcerated individuals will access needed support and services as they reintegrate into society.
Acknowledges the elevated risk of HIV among people who have been incarcerated. , aiming to support their health and that of the broader community by equipping them with knowledge and referrals immediately upon release.
May reduce long-term healthcare costs and improve public health outcomes. by promoting early detection and prevention of HIV, potentially lowering rates of transmission and improving continuity of care for a vulnerable population.
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HIV Education for Released Inmates
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History
- Signed chap.385
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- 3rd reading cal.1263
- Substituted for S5945
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.322
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
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- 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.
Give HIV Info to Inmates
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
916
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, GLICK, BRONSON, WEPRIN, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 76 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
1. (a) Prior to the release of an inmate from a correctional facility, the department shall provide such inmate with information on transitional services available in the county or city where such inmate is scheduled to be released. Such information shall include programs designed to promote the successful and productive reentry and reintegration of an inmate into society including medical and mental health services, HIV/AIDS services, educational, vocational and employment services, alcohol or substance abuse treatment and housing services. The department shall maintain a current list of transitional services which shall be updated regularly in order to effectuate the purposes of this section. Where appropriate, the department shall provide assistance to an inmate in contacting a program or service provider prior to such inmate's release to the community.
(b) Upon discharge of an inmate from a correctional facility, the department shall provide such inmate with educational information about the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, instructions about how to obtain free HIV testing upon release, including contact information for HIV counseling and testing service providers located in the county or city in which such inmate intends to reside upon release, and referrals to community-based HIV prevention, education and counseling resources located in the county or city in which such inmate intends to reside upon release.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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LBD04695-01-9
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