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S07719 Summary:

BILL NO	S07719
SAME AS	SAME AS A09703
SPONSOR	RIVERA
COSPNSR	SALAZAR
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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S07719 Actions:

BILL NO	S07719
10/20/2023	REFERRED TO RULES
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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S07719 Committee Votes:

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S07719 Floor Votes:

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S07719 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7719
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    October 20, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        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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