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NY A00916

Bill

Status

Passed

10/23/2019

Primary Sponsor

Crystal Peoples-Stokes

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Origin

Assembly

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Corrections to provide inmates with educational information about HIV prevention upon discharge from a correctional facility

  • Mandates provision of instructions on how to obtain free HIV testing upon release, including contact information for HIV counseling and testing service providers

  • Requires referrals to community-based HIV prevention, education, and counseling resources located in the county or city where the inmate intends to reside

  • Amends existing law that requires transitional services information to be provided prior to inmate release to include specific HIV prevention resources

  • Takes effect on the sixtieth day after becoming law

Legislative Description

Establishes the department of corrections and community supervision shall provide an inmate, upon his or her discharge, with educational information about the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), instructions about how to obtain free HIV testing and referrals to community-based HIV prevention, education and counseling resources.

Last Action

signed chap.385

10/23/2019

Committee Referrals

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction5/20/2019
Ways and Means4/30/2019
Correction1/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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