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NY A07576
Bill
Status
4/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
George Alvarez
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AI Summary
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Requires correctional facilities to notify emergency contacts within 12 hours of a serious medical event (reduced from 24 hours), including hospitalizations, surgeries, life-threatening conditions, attempted suicides, and terminal illness diagnoses
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Grants incarcerated individuals and their designated representatives (attorneys, those with power of attorney) the right to access medical records within 15 business days of a written request, or within 24 hours for urgent medical needs
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Establishes a 9-member independent medical oversight body to conduct unannounced annual audits, investigate complaints, and publish public reports on medical care quality in correctional facilities
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Imposes fines of up to $10,000 per violation for non-compliance with notification and medical record access requirements, increasing to $50,000 for repeated or egregious violations
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Requires the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to collect and publish annual data on medical incidents, response times, and facility compliance with the new requirements
Legislative Description
Relates to required notification of an incarcerated individual's emergency contacts when such incarcerated individual experiences a serious medical event; provides that incarcerated individuals and their representatives shall have the right to access such incarcerated individual's medical records; provides requirements for access to such medical records; establishes an independent medical oversight body to monitor and evaluate the quality of medical care provided to incarcerated individuals within correctional facilities and to ensure compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements for adequate medical care; provides penalties for certain violations; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to collect data on medical incidents, response times, and correctional facility compliance with certain requirements, and to publish an annual report detailing such data.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/7/2026