Bill > S03174

This bill authorizes the New York Department of Corrections Commissioner to transfer pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities for up to one year after giving birth. It allows the Commissioner to transfer these individuals for the purpose of participating in prenatal or postnatal care, promoting mother-child bonding, and other programming such as evidence-based parenting skills, employment, education, and treatment services. The bill also requires the Commissioner to develop policies, criteria, and regulations to implement these transfers, and to report annually on the number of individuals transferred under this provision.