New York A 6258: Relates to administering asthma rescue medications and authorizing schools to have asthma rescue medications for emergency situations

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A06258 Summary:

BILL NOA06258 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03087

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SPONSORPalmesano

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COSPNSRAngelino, Barclay, Blankenbush, Bologna, Brook-Krasny, DeStefano, Friend, Hawley, McDonough,
 Mikulin, Morinello, Novakhov, Reilly, Tague, Walsh, Bailey, Molitor, DiPietro, Slater

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §112, Cor L

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Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities including canines at the entrances and a third-party secure vendor mail program.

Go to top A06258 Actions:

BILL NOA06258 

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02/27/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6258

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, ANGELINO, BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, BOLOG-
 NA, BROOK-KRASNY, DeSTEFANO, FRIEND, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, MORI-
 NELLO, NOVAKHOV, REILLY, TAGUE, WALSH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to contraband screening
 at correctional facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. (a) The commissioner shall establish a contraband screening plan
 4 which shall include, but not be limited to:
 5 (i) the use of a leashed and controlled canine trained to detect ille-
 6 gal drugs at the entrance of each correctional facility;
 7 (ii) the search of visitors, correctional staff, bags and other items
 8 entering the facility which may include, but not be limited to, elec-
 9 tronic searches, metal detectors, pat searches, visual searches of oral
 10 cavities, and any other legal technology at the commissioner's
 11 discretion;
 12 (iii) the training of staff on up to date and current contraband
 13 screening procedures; and
 14 (iv) a third-party secure vendor mail program to be utilized for the
 15 delivery of all non-privileged correspondence to incarcerated individ-
 16 uals including but not limited to, the order and delivery of all
 17 products to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities.
 18 (b) The commissioner shall provide a copy of such contraband screening
 19 plan as well as the prior year's plan including but not limited to
 20 results of the canine assignments, number of attempts to promote contra-
 21 band, including data on contraband confiscated through the third-party
 22 secure vendor mail program and the number of urine tests and their

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06986-01-5

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 1 results conducted statewide by facilities to the legislature by December
 2 thirty-first each year.
 3 (c) The commissioner may promulgate any rules and regulations neces-
 4 sary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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