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NY A00118
NY A00118Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; provides access to pregnancy counseling services; authorizes a support person to accompany an inmate during delivery; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to women inmates; provides pregnant inmates with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.
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Introduced
01/09/2019
01/09/2019
In Committee
01/08/2020
01/08/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
2019-2020 General Assembly
Bill Summary
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the women's health education program for correctional facilities and rights of pregnant inmates; to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain testing to be offered; to amend the correction law, in relation to providing pregnant inmates with access to prenatal vitamins and a specialized diet; and to require the department of health to collect data on women's health care in prisons and publish a report The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1
AI Summary
This bill aims to improve women's health care in correctional facilities in New York. It establishes a women's health education program to train facility medical staff on the special medical needs of women, including those who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. The bill also provides pregnant inmates access to prenatal care, vitamins, and a specialized diet, as well as the option to have a support person accompany them during delivery. Additionally, it requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to women inmates and directs the Department of Health to conduct a study and report on women's health care in prisons.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Justice
Sponsors (34)
Nathalia Ferna´ndez (D)*,
Linda Rosenthal (D)*,
Carmen Arroyo (OTHER),
Jake Ashby (R),
Jeffrion Aubry (D),
Charles Barron (D),
Michael Blake (D),
Kevin Cahill (D),
William Colton (D),
Vivian Cook (D),
Marcos Crespo (D),
Anthony D'Urso (D),
Inez Dickens (D),
Harvey Epstein (D),
Sandy Galef (D),
Alicia Hyndman (D),
Jonathan Jacobson (D),
Ellen Jaffee (D),
Kimberly Jean-Pierre (D),
Charles Lavine (D),
Donna Lupardo (D),
Walter Mosley (D),
Yuh-Line Niou (D),
Félix Ortiz (D),
Diana Richardson (D),
José Rivera (D),
Rebecca Seawright (D),
Jo Anne Simon (D),
Aravella Simotas (D),
Al Stirpe (D),
Al Taylor (D),
Latrice Walker (D),
David Weprin (D),
Tremaine Wright (D),
Last Action
referred to ways and means (on 01/08/2020)
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