New York A 187: Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals

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A00187 Summary:

BILL NOA00187 

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Add §9-168, NYC Ad Cd

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Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals.

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BILL NOA00187 

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01/08/2025referred to cities

01/07/2026referred to cities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 187

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Cities

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to requiring the New York city department of corrections and
 the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety
 policies and training to protect health care workers

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

 1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 2 by adding a new section 9-168 to read as follows:
 3 § 9-168 Health care worker safety policy; reports. a. Definitions. As
 4 used in this section, the following terms shall have the following mean-
 5 ings:
 6 1. "Correctional health services" means the division of the New York
 7 city health and hospitals corporation responsible for the delivery of
 8 health and mental health services to incarcerated individuals in the
 9 custody of the department, and any other health care entity designated
 10 by the city of New York as the agency or agencies responsible for health
 11 services for incarcerated individuals in the care and custody of the
 12 department, including an outside provider sharing such responsibilities.
 13 2. "Health care worker" means a health care professional employed by
 14 correctional health services or another entity described in paragraph
 15 one of this subdivision who regularly provides health and mental health
 16 services to incarcerated individuals in the custody of the department.
 17 Such term shall include dentists, physical therapists and subcontractors
 18 of any health care entity designated by the city of New York as the
 19 agency or agencies responsible for health services for incarcerated
 20 individuals in the care and custody of the department, including an
 21 outside provider.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01236-01-5

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 1 3. "Hospitals corporation" or "corporation" means the New York city
 2 health and hospitals corporation.
 3 4. "Special officer" means a peace officer appointed pursuant to
 4 subdivision forty of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law and
 5 employed by the city of New York or the New York city health and hospi-
 6 tals corporation to perform the patrol, investigation, and maintenance
 7 of the peace duties of special officer, senior special officer and
 8 hospital security officer.
 9 b. Health care worker safety policy. 1. The department, in collab-
 10 oration with correctional health services shall develop and implement a
 11 joint health care worker safety policy to protect health care workers
 12 from assault and other violent incidents during the provision of
 13 services to incarcerated individuals. Such policy shall establish a
 14 minimum standard of care for health care worker safety which shall, at
 15 minimum:
 16 2. Require yearly training for all uniformed staff of the department
 17 and all special officers as defined in paragraph four of subdivision a
 18 of this section regarding minimum standards necessary to secure an
 19 incarcerated individual in the presence of a health care worker.
 20 3. Establish protocols in consultation with stakeholders such as
 21 health care employee unions, advocacy and community groups, for requir-
 22 ing uniformed staff of the department and all special officers to inform
 23 all health care workers who will or are likely to come into contact with
 2