New York A 9163: Provides for the review of policies and practices pertaining to emerging infectious disease outbreaks in correctional facilities

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A09163 Summary:

BILL NOA09163 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01746

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SPONSORTaylor

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §206, Pub Health L

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Provides for the review of policies and practices pertaining to infectious disease outbreaks in correctional facilities, including the treatment and prevention of the disease among incarcerated individuals and staff.

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BILL NOA09163 

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10/17/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9163

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 October 17, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to review of poli-
 cies and practices relating to infectious disease outbreaks in correc-
 tional facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 26 of section 206 of the public health law, as
 2 separately amended by chapters 45 and 322 of the laws of 2021, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 26. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to review any
 5 policy or practice instituted in facilities operated by the department
 6 of corrections and community supervision, and in all local correctional
 7 facilities, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section two of the
 8 correction law, regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired
 9 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C (HCV), [and] COVID-19, and
 10 emerging infectious diseases, including the prevention of the trans-
 11 mission of and the treatment of such infections and diseases among
 12 incarcerated individuals. Such review shall be performed at least annu-
 13 ally, and shall focus on whether such policy or practice is consistent
 14 with current, generally accepted medical standards and procedures used
 15 to prevent the transmission of and to treat those infections and
 16 diseases among the general public. In performing such reviews, in order
 17 to determine the quality and adequacy of care and treatment provided,
 18 department personnel are authorized to enter correctional facilities and
 19 inspect policy and procedure manuals and medical protocols, interview
 20 health services providers and incarcerated individual-patients, review
 21 medical grievances, and inspect a representative sample of medical
 22 records of incarcerated individuals known to be infected with any such
 23 infections or diseases. Prior to initiating a review of a correctional
 24 system, the commissioner shall inform the public, including patients,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04817-01-5

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 1 their families and patient advocates, of the scheduled review and invite
 2 them to provide the commissioner with relevant information. Upon the
 3 completion of such review, the department shall, in writing, approve
 4 such policy or practice as instituted in facilities operated by the
 5 department of corrections and community supervision, and in any local
 6 correctional facility, or, based on specific, written recommendations,
 7 direct the department of corrections and community supervision, or the
 8 authority responsible for the provision of medical care to incarcerated
 9 individuals in local correctional facilities to prepare and implement a
 10 corrective plan to address deficiencies in areas where such policy or
 11 practice fails to conform to current, generally accepted medical stand-
 12 ards and procedures. The commissioner shall monitor the implementation
 13 of such corrective plans and shall conduct such further reviews as the
 14 commissioner deems necessary to ensure that identified deficiencies in
 15 those policies and practices are corrected. All written reports pertain-
 16 ing to reviews provided for in this subdivision shall be maintained,
 17 under such conditions as the commissioner shall prescribe, as public
 18 information available for public inspection. As