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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6322
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 11, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          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.
                                                                   LBD11721-01-7