New York S 8709: Relates to the housing of transgender or intersex inmates

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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8709
IN SENATE
May 10, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the housing of trans-
gender or intersex inmates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 500-b of the correction law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
3 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a transgender or
4 intersex inmate may be assigned to any facility housing unit which, upon
5 the determination of the sheriff, ensures the inmate's health and safety
6 and is consistent with facility management and security.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become
8 a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 500-b of the
9 correction law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
10 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11341-03-8