NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8149

Senate Bill S8149

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides incarcerated individuals with access to breast cancer screenings and information about breast self-examinations

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 02, 2022	referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 16, 2022	advanced to third reading
Feb 15, 2022	2nd report cal.
Feb 14, 2022	1st report cal.495
Jan 26, 2022	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- May 2, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S8149
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 2, 2022
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Brouk
  Feb 14, 2022 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S8149
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: Feb 14, 2022
      
      aye (7)
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Gallivan
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Sepúlveda

2021-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §627, amd §140, Cor L

2021-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides incarcerated individuals with access to breast cancer screenings every two years and information about breast self-examinations.

2021-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8149

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to providing incarcerat-
ed individuals with access to breast cancer screenings and information
about breast self-examinations

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill requires that individuals housed in state and local correc-
tional facilities be offered routine mammogram screenings every two
years at no additional cost to the individual. This bill also includes
an educational component given to inmates that focuses on the importance
of preventative health care measures.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one: Names the title for the bill "Eleonora Legacy Act"

Section two: Amends the correction law by adding a new section that

offers routine mammogram screenings for individuals housed in state and
local correctional facilities every two years.

Section three: Section 140 of the correction law is amended by creating
a new subdivision that creates an educational component for incarcerated
individuals to educate them on the importance of preventative health
care measures.

Section four: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, there is no state law that requires routine mammogram screen-
ings for incarcerated individuals. In 2008, The Federal Bureau of Pris-
ons (BOP), based on guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task'
Force (USPSTF), recommended that all sentenced female inmates receive a
Pap smear at intake, all average-risk sentenced women aged 40 and older,
and average risk females aged fifty through 74 receive mammograms every
2 years. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in New
York. It is also the second leading cause of cancer-related death in New
York women. Incarcerated individuals should be offered the ability to
receive this important preventative health care measure on routine
basis. Incarcerated individuals should also be educated on the impor-
tance of preventative health care measures. The best protection against
breast cancer is early detection and diagnosis. Eleonora Radovan trag-
ically passed away from, breast cancer in 1999 at the age of 70, and she
was passionate about social justice and breast cancer prevention. Work-
ing in conjunction with First Company Pink, a local charity focused on
breast health, and its corresponding 'got checked?' campaign, this vital
legislation will continue Eleonor a's legacy of social justice and
prevention. By expanding these vital services to incarcerated individ-
uals, Eleonora's legacy will be one of saving lives.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: A.2147

2019-2020: A.11159

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 180 days after it is signed into law.

2021-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8149
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 providing incarcerat-
   ed individuals with access to breast cancer screenings and information
   about breast self-examinations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Eleonora
 legacy act".
   § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 627 to read
 as follows:
   §  627.  ROUTINE  MAMMOGRAM  SCREENINGS.  ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM SCREENINGS
 SHALL BE OFFERED EVERY TWO YEARS AT NO COST  TO  INDIVIDUALS  HOUSED  IN
 STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES USED FOR THE GENERAL CONFINEMENT
 OF  INMATES  AND  IN ANY OTHER STATE OR LOCAL FACILITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS
 ARE DETAINED OR CONFINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
   § 3. Section 140 of the correction law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL,  TO  THE  BEST OF ITS ABILITY, PROVIDE ALL
 SENTENCED INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED  ON
 THE  IMPORTANCE  OF PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE MEASURES THAT INCLUDES, BUT
 IS NOT LIMITED TO, BREAST SELF-EXAMINATIONS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall become have a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04968-04-2

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