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NY A09646
Bill
Status
3/28/2022
Primary Sponsor
Phara Souffrant Forrest
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AI Summary
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Requires all incarcerated individuals with cervixes in state or local correctional facilities to receive annual access to gynecological services and visits with a licensed gynecologist at no cost.
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Services must be provided in accordance with standards developed in consultation with the Department of Health and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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Allows incarcerated individuals to decline gynecological services by submitting a written request.
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Mandates each correctional facility to submit an annual report to the commissioner in January including the percentage of eligible individuals who received services, the percentage who declined, and copies of all written declination documents.
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Defines gynecological services as part of routine medical treatment in corrections law for both state and local correctional facilities.
Legislative Description
Requires gynecological services to be offered to incarcerated individuals with cervixes unless such individuals decline such services in writing.
Last Action
reported referred to ways and means
5/10/2022