New York S 1856: Relates to prohibiting county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals on the premises of a local correctional facility

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S01856 Summary:

BILL NOS01856B

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SAME ASSAME AS A03565-C

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, JACKSON, SALAZAR

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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 NOS01856B

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/01/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/01/2025PRINT NUMBER 1856A

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1030

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

03/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.619

03/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1856B

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1856--B
 Cal. No. 619

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, COMRIE, JACKSON, SALAZAR -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favor-
 ably 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 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.
 LBD05102-06-6

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