Bill Text: NY S00804 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the spread of hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and incarcerated persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S00804 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00804-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 804 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to develop programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 141-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 141-a. Sexually transmitted diseases and HIV; prevention. 1. The 4 commissioner, together with the commissioner of health, shall develop 5 and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the 6 spread of hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases and human immunode- 7 ficiency virus infection, for department employees and incarcerated 8 individuals, including education, group and individual counseling, 9 outreach to the incarcerated population, harm reduction, discharge plan- 10 ning, offering testing, and availability of prophylactic devices. The 11 program may provide for training incarcerated persons to work as peer 12 educators in the program. 13 2. These programs shall be offered in such manner and at such time as 14 to encourage attendance by all department employees and incarcerated 15 persons. Programming as required by subdivision one of this section 16 shall include incorporation into other content-neutral programs to 17 ensure that attendance is not stigmatized or stigmatizing. 18 3. In developing programs for the prevention of hepatitis C, sexually 19 transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus infection, the 20 commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of health to identify 21 and select curricula that are likely to be effective in reducing trans- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03063-01-9S. 804 2 1 mission of infectious diseases within correctional facilities and to 2 contacts of formerly incarcerated persons upon their release. 3 4. The programs required by subdivision one of this section should 4 include peer education and use of non-department personnel including 5 community providers, and shall be in the language of the targeted popu- 6 lation, shall take into account the literacy level of the targeted popu- 7 lation, and shall be culturally sensitive to the social and cultural 8 needs of the targeted population. 9 5. In order to develop a cohort of skilled trainers, the commissioner, 10 together with the commissioner of health, shall develop and implement a 11 peer educator training program. Completion of a peer educator training 12 program under this section shall permit a participant to receive a peer 13 education certification. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
