Bill Text: NY A07394 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the classification of transgender or intersex inmates; authorizes the chief administrative officer to assign a transgender or intersex inmate to any facility housing unit which shall ensure the inmate's health and safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-10 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [A07394 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07394-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7394 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- (at request of the State Commission of Correction) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the classification of transgender or intersex inmates in county jails 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 chief administrative officer, ensures the 6 inmate's health and safety and is consistent with facility management 7 and security. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 9 the amendments to section 500-b of the correction law made by section 10 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be 11 deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09220-01-9
