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NY A08097
Bill
Status
9/29/2023
Primary Sponsor
Brian Cunningham
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to retain an organization providing at least two doulas at all times to serve female-identifying incarcerated individuals at correctional institutions and local correctional facilities.
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Mandates doula services be available twice weekly for four hours, plus during labor and delivery upon request, with service frequency adjustable based on available resources and exigent circumstances.
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Permits doulas to access nurseries, programming areas, and accompany incarcerated individuals to medical appointments upon request, and allows all known pregnant individuals to use doula services in labor, delivery, and postpartum rooms.
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Requires the department to report to the governor, senate president, and assembly speaker by January 15, 2025, and every six months thereafter on doula service hours provided, types of services, and number of individuals served.
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Takes effect sixty days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Provides doula services at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to retain an organization to make at least two doulas at any given time available to provide doula services twice a week, for four hours, at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities that house incarcerated individuals who identify as female, as well as to provide doula services during labor and delivery, upon request.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/3/2024