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NY S05830

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

6/8/2023

Primary Sponsor

Julia Salazar

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the correction law's definition of "special populations" to include persons in the first eight weeks of post-partum recovery regardless of how the pregnancy ended
  • Removes the phrase "after giving birth" and replaces it with "regardless of how the pregnancy ended" to encompass all pregnancy outcomes including miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion
  • Expands protections for individuals in early post-partum recovery who are incarcerated or in correctional institutions
  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Prohibits the placement in segregated confinement of any person in the first eight weeks of the post-partum recovery period regardless of pregnancy outcome by amending the definition of special populations to include such persons.

Last Action

ordered to third reading cal.176

3/18/2024

Committee Referrals

Correction2/12/2024
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction1/3/2024
Correction6/8/2023
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction3/17/2023

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