STATE OF NEW YORK
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6287
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 7, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT directing the office of mental health to conduct a study on the
effects of abuse suffered while incarcerated on formerly incarcerated
individuals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The office of mental health, in conjunction with the
2 department of corrections and community supervision, shall conduct a
3 study on the effects of abuse suffered while incarcerated on formerly
4 incarcerated individuals. Such study shall identify, investigate and
5 analyze the temporary and lasting impacts and costs of abuse suffered
6 while incarcerated on formerly incarcerated individuals and make recom-
7 mendations for best treatment practices for people experiencing mental,
8 behavioral or physical health issues as a result of such abuse.
9 § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the office of
10 mental health shall issue a report of the findings of the study to the
11 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
12 assembly.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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