Assembly Bill A5888

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of body scanners in correctional facilities

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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-A5888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4422
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §138-b, Cor L; amd §3502, Pub Health L

2025-A5888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of body scanners in correctional facilities by both visitors and incarcerated individuals.

2025-A5888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5888
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the  correction  law  and  the  public  health  law,  in
   relation to the use of body scanners at correctional facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b
 to read as follows:
   § 138-B.  BODY IMAGING SCANNERS. 1. EVERY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY  SHALL
 REQUIRE ALL VISITORS OF SUCH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO BE SCANNED BY BODY
 IMAGING SCANNING EQUIPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION
 THIRTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TWO  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW BEFORE ENTERING SUCH
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   2. ALL INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE SCANNED BY BODY IMAGING SCAN-
 NING EQUIPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION THIRTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW UPON INTAKE INTO THE  FACILITY  AND
 FOLLOWING ANY VISITATION.
   3.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION "BODY IMAGING SCANNING EQUIPMENT"
 SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 SIX OF SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   §  2.  Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
 3502 of the public health law, as amended by section 1  of  part  LL  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows.
   (iii) The utilization of such body imaging scanning equipment shall be
 in  accordance  with  regulations  promulgated by the department, or for
 local correctional facilities in  cities  having  a  population  of  two
 million  or  more,  such  utilization  shall be in accordance with regu-
 lations promulgated by the New York city department of health and mental
 hygiene. The state commission of correction, in  consultation  with  the
 department  of  corrections  and community supervision, shall promulgate
 regulations establishing when body imaging scanning  equipment  will  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08858-01-5

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