New York A 738: Relates to women's health in correctional facilities

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A00738 Summary:

BILL NOA00738 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRLupardo, Simon, Seawright, Cook, Hyndman, Walker, Colton, Weprin, Taylor, Stirpe, Jacobson,
 Epstein, Burdick, Jackson, Bichotte Hermelyn, Kelles, Gonzalez-Rojas, Lunsford, Reyes, Gibbs,
 Jensen, Raga, Zinerman, Shrestha, Forrest

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §207-b, amd §2308-a, Pub Health L; amd §§140 & 505, add §140-a, Cor L

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Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.

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BILL NOA00738 

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01/08/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 738

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, COOK, HYND-
 MAN, WALKER, COLTON, WEPRIN, TAYLOR, STIRPE, JACOBSON, EPSTEIN,
 BURDICK, JACKSON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, KELLES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LUNSFORD,
 REYES, GIBBS, JENSEN, RAGA, ZINERMAN, SHRESTHA, FORREST -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
 women's health education program for correctional facilities and
 rights of pregnant incarcerated individuals; to amend the public
 health law, in relation to requiring certain testing to be offered; to
 amend the correction law, in relation to providing pregnant incarcer-
 ated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins and a specialized
 diet; and to require the department of health to collect data on
 women's health care in prisons and publish a report

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 207-b to read as follows:
 3 § 207-b. Women's health education program in state and local correc-
 4 tional facilities. The commissioner, in consultation with the commis-
 5 sioner of corrections and community supervision and the chair of the
 6 state commission of correction, shall establish a women's health educa-
 7 tion program in state and local correctional facilities. Such program
 8 shall educate facility medical staff on the special medical needs of
 9 women, including training on providing professional, respectful and
 10 informed care of women who have been victims of domestic violence or
 11 sexual violence.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2308-a of the public health law, as
 13 amended by section 38 of part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is
 14 amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02194-01-5

 A. 738 2

 1 1. The administrative officer or other person in charge of a clinic or
 2 other facility providing gynecological, obstetrical, genito-urological,
 3 contraceptive, sterilization or termination of pregnancy services or
 4 treatment shall require the staff of such clinic or facility to offer to
 5 administer to every resident of the state of New York coming to such
 6 clinic or facility for such services or treatment, appropriate examina-
 7 tions or tests for the detection of sexually transmitted diseases. For
 8 the purpose of this subdivision, the term "facility" shall include a
 9 correctional facility as defined in subdivision four of section two of
 10 the correction law.
 11 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 140 of the correction law, as added by
 12 chapter 516 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 13 2. Subject to the regulations of the department of health, routine
 14 medical, dental and mental health services and treatment is defined for
 15 the purposes of this section to mean any routine diagnosis or treatment,
 16 including without limi