Directs the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision to undertake a study of the surveillance, prevention, treatment and prevalence of hepatitis C among the inmate population.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8340
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to direct the commissioner of the department of corrections and
community supervision to undertake a study of the surveillance,
prevention, treatment and prevalence of hepatitis C among the inmate
population
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of corrections and
2 community supervision, in consultation with the department of health,
3 shall undertake a study of the surveillance, prevention, treatment and
4 prevalence of hepatitis C among the inmate population, and any proce-
5 dural, regulatory, legislative, or budgetary obstacles to effective
6 surveillance, prevention, and/or treatment of hepatitis C among the
7 inmate population.
8 § 2. The department of corrections and community supervision shall
9 make a report to the governor and the legislature of the information
10 required under section one of this act, its findings and conclusions,
11 and any legislative recommendations it deems necessary no later than one
12 year after the effective date of this act.
13 § 3. To the maximum extent feasible, the department of corrections and
14 community supervision shall be entitled to request and receive and shall
15 utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources and data of any
16 department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state
17 as it may reasonably request to properly carry out its responsibilities
18 pursuant to this act.
19 § 4. 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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