Bill Text: NY S08149 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides incarcerated individuals with access to breast cancer screenings every two years and information about breast self-examinations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-02 - referred to correction [S08149 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S08149-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8149 IN SENATE January 26, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 providing incarcerat- ed individuals with access to breast cancer screenings and information about breast self-examinations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Eleonora 2 legacy act". 3 § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 627 to read 4 as follows: 5 § 627. Routine mammogram screenings. Routine mammogram screenings 6 shall be offered every two years at no cost to individuals housed in 7 state and local correctional facilities used for the general confinement 8 of inmates and in any other state or local facility where individuals 9 are detained or confined by law enforcement agencies. 10 § 3. Section 140 of the correction law is amended by adding a new 11 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 12 5. The department shall, to the best of its ability, provide all 13 sentenced incarcerated individuals with educational programs focused on 14 the importance of preventative health care measures that includes, but 15 is not limited to, breast self-examinations. 16 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 17 it shall become have a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04968-04-2
