Relates to the housing of transgender or intersex inmates; authorizes the sheriff to assign a transgender or intersex inmate to any facility housing unit which shall ensure the inmate's health and safety.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5108
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA, MOSLEY, ORTIZ, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the housing of trans-
gender or intersex inmates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 500-b of the correction law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
3 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a transgender or
4 intersex inmate may be assigned to any facility housing unit which, upon
5 the determination of the sheriff, ensures the inmate's health and safety
6 and is consistent with facility management and security.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become
8 a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 500-b of the
9 correction law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
10 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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