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- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Stop Guards Giving Needle Meds
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor David Weprin
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5645
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 9, 2019
Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 prohibiting county correction officers from dispensing medication using syringes or needles in jails to inmates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 505 of the correction law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
5. County correction officers in local correctional facilities shall not dispense or administer medication using hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles to inmates on the premises of a local correctional facility as defined in subdivision sixteen of section two of this chapter, unless they are otherwise authorized to do so. This provision shall not apply to dispensing of pill-based medication to inmates.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08569-01-9
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Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting county correction officers from dispensing medication using syringes or needles in jails to inmates
Purpose
This act shall prohibit county correction officers from dispensing or administering medication using hypodermic syringes or needles to incar- cerated individuals.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill adds a new subdivision 5 to section 505 of the Correction Law to provide that correction officers in local correctional facilities shall not dispense or administer medication using hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles to incarcerated individuals on the prem- ises of a local correctional facility unless otherwise authorized to do so by law.
Section 2 of this bill is the effective date.
Justification
In any setting, nevertheless in a correctional facility, injecting medi- cation into another person by a syringe or needle should only be done by a qualified medical professional. While correctional officers are well- trained professionals, dispensing medication through syringes and needles is not under their professional code and would more appropriate- ly be the responsibility of a medical professional.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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