Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to ways and means |
Apr 27, 2021 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 04, 2021 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A4610
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Anna Kelles
2021-A4610 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Ways And Means
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §611, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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A3483
2021-A4610 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to all mothers who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such mothers, but not beyond the date such child reaches one year of age except in limited circumstances related to parole.
2021-A4610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4610 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing breast pumps to certain incarcerated nursing mothers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 611 of the correction law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. (A) IF A CHILD IS PERMITTED TO RETURN WITH OR ACCOMPANY ITS MOTHER TO AN INSTITUTION OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN WHICH A MOTHER IS CONFINED OR COMMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SUCH INSTITUTION OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL PERMIT THE MOTHER TO BREASTFEED HER CHILD AND SHALL PROVIDE THE MOTHER WITH A BREAST PUMP AND RELATED COLLECTION AND STORAGE MATERIALS FOR ANY PERIOD DURING WHICH THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD REMAIN TOGETHER IN AN INSTITUTION OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, BUT NOT BEYOND THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH CHILD REACHES ONE YEAR OF AGE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A MOTHER SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A BREAST PUMP AND RELATED COLLECTION AND STORAGE MATERIALS UNTIL HER CHILD REACHES EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF AGE IF SUCH MOTHER IS CONFINED IN AN INSTITU- TION, IS TO BE PAROLED SHORTLY AFTER HER CHILD REACHES ONE YEAR OF AGE AND SUCH CHILD IS PERMITTED TO REMAIN AT THE INSTITUTION UNTIL ITS MOTH- ER IS PAROLED. (B) IF A CHILD IS NOT PERMITTED TO RETURN WITH OR ACCOMPANY ITS MOTHER TO AN INSTITUTION OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN WHICH A MOTHER IS CONFINED OR COMMITTED TO PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, UNTIL THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH CHILD REACHES ONE YEAR OF AGE, SUCH INSTITUTION OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL PERMIT THE MOTHER TO COLLECT AND STORE BREAST MILK UNTIL IT IS READY FOR CONSUMPTION, AND SHALL PERMIT SUCH MOTHER TO DESIGNATE AN INDIVIDUAL TO COLLECT STORED BREAST MILK FROM SUCH FACILITY AND DELIVER IT TO HER CHILD. SUCH INSTITUTION OR LOCAL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00813-01-1
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