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A05359 Summary:

BILL NOA05359
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01138
 
SPONSORWright
 
COSPNSRForrest
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §837-y, Exec L
 
Prohibits any police officer, peace officer or employee of a correctional facility from interfering with the provision of medical assistance to an incarcerated individual.
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A05359 Actions:

BILL NOA05359
 
02/13/2025referred to codes
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A05359 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5359
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 13, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting interfer-
          ence with the provision of medical assistance to incarcerated individ-
          uals
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 837-y. Interference with the  provision  of  medical  assistance  to
     4  incarcerated individuals. 1. For the purposes of this section:
     5    (a)  "police officer" means a person designated as such in subdivision
     6  thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.
     7    (b) "peace officer" means a person listed in section 2.10 of the crim-
     8  inal procedure law.
     9    2. No police officer, peace officer  or  employee  of  a  correctional
    10  facility,  as defined in section two of the correction law, shall inter-
    11  fere with the provision of medical assistance to an  incarcerated  indi-
    12  vidual.
    13    3.  Any  police  officer,  peace officer or employee of a correctional
    14  facility who interferes with the provision of medical assistance  to  an
    15  incarcerated  individual in violation of this section shall be guilty of
    16  a class E felony.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03531-01-5
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