Assembly Bill A2250

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to breast cancer screening and diagnostic testing for incarcerated individuals in accordance with certain nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A2250 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S768
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §627, Cor L (as proposed in S.204 & A.4957)

2025-A2250 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides incarcerated individuals with access to breast cancer screening and diagnostic testing in accordance with certain nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines.

2025-A2250 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2250
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TORRES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to breast cancer screen-
   ing and diagnostic testing for incarcerated individuals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 627 of the correction law, as added by a chapter of
 the laws of 2024 amending  the  correction  law  relating  to  providing
 incarcerated  individuals  with  access  to breast cancer screenings and
 information about breast self-examinations, as proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S. 204 and A. 4957, is amended to read as follows:
   §  627.  [Routine  mammogram  screenings]  BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND
 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. [Routine mammogram screenings] BREAST CANCER SCREEN-
 ING AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING shall be offered [every two years] IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CLINICAL  PRACTICE  GUIDELINES  FOR  THE
 DETECTION  OF  BREAST CANCER UNLESS OTHERWISE RECOMMENDED BY A PHYSICIAN
 at no cost to individuals housed in state and local correctional facili-
 ties used for the general confinement of [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVID-
 UALS and in any other state or  local  facility  where  individuals  are
 detained  or  confined  by law enforcement agencies. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, "NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES" MEANS
 EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES  INFORMED  BY  A  SYSTEMATIC
 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF ALTER-
 NATIVE  CARE  OPTIONS  INTENDED  TO  OPTIMIZE PATIENT CARE, DEVELOPED BY
 INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS OR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES UTILIZING  A
 TRANSPARENT  METHODOLOGY AND REPORTING STRUCTURE AND WITH A CONFLICT-OF-
 INTEREST POLICY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2024 amending the correction law
 relating to providing incarcerated individuals  with  access  to  breast
 cancer  screenings  and  information  about breast self-examinations, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 204 and A. 4957, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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