Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, to develop a uniform electronic medical records system to be utilized by all correctional facilities in the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5134
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 19, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, FERNANDEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SALAZAR -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a
uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 144
2 to read as follows:
3 § 144. Uniform electronic medical records. 1. The commissioner, in
4 consultation with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of
5 mental health, shall develop a uniform electronic medical records system
6 to be utilized by all correctional facilities in the state.
7 2. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary
8 for the implementation of this section.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
10 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
11 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
12 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
13 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09718-01-5
