New York A 5888: Relates to the use of body scanners in correctional facilities

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A05888 Summary:

BILL NOA05888 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04422

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SPONSORBlankenbush

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COSPNSRSimpson, Brown E, Walsh, DeStefano, Manktelow, Angelino, Morinello, Gandolfo, Smullen, Tague,
 Brabenec, McDonough, DiPietro, Gallahan, Bailey, Beephan, Palmesano, Lemondes, Maher, Sempolinski,
 Jensen, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §138-b, Cor L; amd §3502, Pub Health L

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Relates to the use of body scanners in correctional facilities by both visitors and incarcerated individuals.

Go to top A05888 Actions:

BILL NOA05888 

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02/24/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

05/19/2026held for consideration in health

Go to topA05888 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:15/7 Action: Held for Consideration PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzExcused

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckAyeSlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAbsent

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAbsent

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksAye

LunsfordExcused

CruzAye

Go to topA05888 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05888 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5888

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the public health law, in
 relation to the use of body scanners at correctional facilities

 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 138-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 138-b. Body imaging scanners. 1. Every correctional facility shall
 4 require all visitors of such correctional facility to be scanned by body
 5 imaging scanning equipment in accordance with subdivision six of section
 6 thirty-five hundred two of the public health law before entering such
 7 correctional facility.
 8 2. All incarcerated individuals shall be scanned by body imaging scan-
 9 ning equipment in accordance with subdivision six of section thirty-five
 10 hundred two of the public health law upon intake into the facility and
 11 following any visitation.
 12 3. For purposes of this section "body imaging scanning equipment"
 13 shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (d) of subdivision
 14 six of section thirty-five hundred two of the public health law.
 15 § 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
 16 3502 of the public health law, as amended by section 1 of part LL of
 17 chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows.
 18 (iii) The utilization of such body imaging scanning equipment shall be
 19 in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department, or for
 20 local correctional facilities in cities having a population of two
 21 million or more, such utilization shall be in accordance with regu-
 22 lations promulgated by the New York city department of health and mental
 23 hygiene. The state commission of correction, in consultation with the
 24 department of corrections and community supervision, shall promulgate
 25 regulations establishing when body imaging scanning equipment will be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08858-01-5

 A. 5888 2

 1 used to screen visitors and incarcerated individuals in state correc-
 2 tional facilities. Such regulations shall include provisions establish-
 3 ing that alternative methods of screening may be used to accommodate
 4 individuals who [decline or] are unable to be screened by body imaging
 5 scanning equipment for medical reasons [and that alternative methods of
 6 screening may be used to accommodate individuals who decline to be
 7 screened for other reasons, unless security considerations warrant
 8 otherwise. Such regulations shall also ensure that no person shall be
 9 subjected to any form of harassment, intimidation, or disciplinary
 10 action for choosing to be searched by an alternative method of screening
 11 in lieu of body imaging scanning]. Nothing in this