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A09703 Summary:

BILL NO	A09703
SAME AS	SAME AS S07719
SPONSOR	Santabarbara
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd 505, Cor L
Prohibits county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals on the premises of a local correctional facility, but corrections officers or staff may dispense or administer medications used for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.

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A09703 Actions:

BILL NO	A09703
04/03/2024	referred to correction

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A09703 Committee Votes:

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A09703 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9703
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 3, 2024
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation  to  prohibiting  county
          correction  officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated indi-
          viduals on the premises of a local correctional facility
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  505 of the correction law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. County correction officers in local correctional  facilities  shall
     4  not  dispense  or  administer medications to incarcerated individuals on
     5  the premises of a local correctional facility, as defined in subdivision
     6  sixteen of section two of  this  chapter.  This  subdivision  shall  not
     7  impede  correction  officers  or  staff from dispensing or administering
     8  medications used for the  emergency  treatment  of  known  or  suspected
     9  opioid overdose.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13138-01-3

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