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NY A00916
Bill
Status
10/23/2019
Primary Sponsor
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Corrections to provide inmates with educational information about HIV prevention upon discharge from a correctional facility
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Mandates provision of instructions on how to obtain free HIV testing upon release, including contact information for HIV counseling and testing service providers
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Requires referrals to community-based HIV prevention, education, and counseling resources located in the county or city where the inmate intends to reside
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Amends existing law that requires transitional services information to be provided prior to inmate release to include specific HIV prevention resources
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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