New York A 3565: Relates to prohibiting county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals on the premises of a local correctional facility

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A03565 Summary:

BILL NOA03565C

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SAME ASSAME AS S01856-B

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSRColton, Steck, Hevesi, Davila, Meeks, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §505, Cor L

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Prohibits county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals on the premises of a local correctional facility; provides that correction officers or staff may dispense or administer medications during a medical emergency, or dispense nonprescription medication.

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BILL NOA03565C

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01/28/2025referred to correction

03/26/2025amend and recommit to correction

03/26/2025print number 3565a

03/31/2025amend and recommit to correction

03/31/2025print number 3565b

01/07/2026referred to correction

06/04/2026amend and recommit to correction

06/04/2026print number 3565c

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3565--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA, COLTON, STECK, HEVESI, DAVILA,
 MEEKS, KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit-
 tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to
 said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Correction in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting county
 correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated indi-
 viduals on the premises of a local correctional facility

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

 1 Section 1. Section 505 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 3 6. County correction officers in local correctional facilities shall
 4 not dispense or administer medications to incarcerated individuals on
 5 the premises of a local correctional facility, as defined in subdivision
 6 sixteen of section two of this chapter. This subdivision shall not,
 7 however, impede county correction officers or staff from dispensing or
 8 administering medications to incarcerated individuals during a medical
 9 emergency, or from dispensing nonprescription medication.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 11 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05102-07-6

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