New York S 1819: Relates to establishing maternal mortality review boards and the maternal mortality and morbidity advisory council

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S01819 Summary:

BILL NOS01819A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02630-A

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §216.05, CP L

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Provides that the results of urine tests conducted pursuant to a judicial diversion program shall be private and confidential.

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BILL NOS01819A

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

03/12/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1249

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1819A

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

03/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1792

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/05/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1819--A
 Cal. No. 1249

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism
 and Substance Use Disorders -- reported favorably from said committee
 and committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported favorably from
 said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the privacy
 and confidentiality of urine test results performed pursuant to a
 judicial diversion program

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 216.05 of the criminal procedure
 2 law, as amended by chapter 435 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 5. The defendant shall agree on the record or in writing to abide by
 5 the release conditions set by the court, which, shall include: partic-
 6 ipation in a specified period of alcohol or substance use treatment at a
 7 specified program or programs identified by the court, which may include
 8 periods of detoxification, residential or outpatient treatment, or both,
 9 as determined after taking into account the views of the health care
 10 professional who conducted the alcohol and substance use evaluation and
 11 any health care professionals responsible for providing such treatment
 12 or monitoring the defendant's progress in such treatment; and may
 13 include: (i) periodic court appearances, which may include periodic
 14 urinalysis, provided that the results of any such urinalysis, as well as
 15 any other information acquired as part of the urinalysis process, shall
 16 be deemed private and confidential and shall not be disclosed to the
 17 court or any adverse party, unless the individual who was tested
 18 consents to such disclosure, nor shall any urine test result that indi-
 19 cates the use of a non-prescribed substance be used as evidence in a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03771-04-5

 S. 1819--A 2

 1 criminal action against the individual whose urine was tested. The
 2 results of any such urinalysis shall be disclosed to the specified
 3 treatment program or programs; (ii) a requirement that the defendant
 4 refrain from engaging in criminal behaviors; (iii) if the defendant
 5 needs treatment for opioid use, that [he or she] they may participate in
 6 and receive medically prescribed drug treatments under the care of a
 7 health care professional licensed or certified under title eight of the
 8 education law, acting within [his or her] their lawful scope of prac-
 9 tice, provided that no court shall require the use of any specified type
 10 or brand of drug during the course of medically prescribed drug treat-
 11 ments.
 12 § 2. This act shall take