STATE OF NEW YORK
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4957
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing incarcerat-
ed individuals with access to breast cancer screenings and information
about breast self-examinations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Eleonora
2 legacy act".
3 § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 627 to read
4 as follows:
5 § 627. Routine mammogram screenings. Routine mammogram screenings
6 shall be offered every two years at no cost to individuals housed in
7 state and local correctional facilities used for the general confinement
8 of inmates and in any other state or local facility where individuals
9 are detained or confined by law enforcement agencies.
10 § 3. Section 140 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
11 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
12 5. The department shall, to the best of its ability, provide all
13 sentenced incarcerated individuals with educational programs focused on
14 the importance of preventative health care measures that includes, but
15 is not limited to, breast self-examinations.
16 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall become have a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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