NY State Senate Bill 2025-S614

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2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1008
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§364-i & 366-a, Soc Serv L; add §500-q, amd §§71, 500-b & 45, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S8368
2023-2024: S4906

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for persons released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release; provides for enrollment of such individuals upon release upon application, if eligible.

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S614

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law and the correction law, in
relation to presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits of
individuals leaving incarceration

 
PURPOSE:

Provides for enrollment and presumptive eligibility for medical assist-
ance benefits for incarcerated individuals and those leaving incarcera-
tion

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 364-i of the Social Services Law (SOS) by
adding new subdivision 9, as it relates to the medical assistance
presumptive eligibility program, to provide that beginning on the date
of their release from incarceration, as determined by the correctional
facility and on the basis of preliminary information, an individual is

eligible for coverage under Medicaid.

Under this section, presumptive eligibility would continue through the
day on which eligibility is determined or 60 days after an individual is
released from incarceration, if in which case an individual has not
filed an application.

This section would only be effective only if, and as long as, federal
funds are available. This legislation requires the Commissioner of
Health to take all of the steps necessary to secure federal financial
participation for purposes of this subdivision, including prompt
submission of appropriate amendments to the state plan under title XIX
of the federal Social Security Act and develop materials to educate
individuals leaving correctional facilities about the medical assistance
program, including required steps to be taken to ensure continued
enrollment in the program and how to begin receiving medical services
upon release from incarceration.

Section 2 amends section 71 of the Correction Law (COR) by adding new
subdivision 9, as it relates to persons received into custody of the
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). This legis-
lation requires the Commissioner of DOCCS to take all of the steps
necessary to enroll individuals committed to the custody of DOCCS into
the medical assistance program unless the department determines that
such application is unnecessary due to one of the following: the indi-
vidual was enrolled at the time of their incarceration and is expected
to remain so at the time of release, the individual is ineligible for
enrollment, or the individual does not wish to be enrolled.

This section also requires the Commissioner of DOCCS to ensure the rein-
statement and active enrollment into the medical assistance program of
individuals who have maintained eligibility throughout their incarcera-
tion. Under this legislation, no medical assistance will be furnished
for any care, services, or supplies provided during the time in which an
individual is incarcerated except as authorized by state or federal law.


Furthermore, this legislation also requires that any documents related
to an individual's enrollment must be kept in the individual's record
until they are released from custody, at which time, the documents must
be provided to the individual upon release.

If an individual is found to be ineligible for enrollment into a medical
assistance program, the department is required to determine whether the
individual is eligible for any other medical insurance program and, if
so, must assist the individual in applying to the program for which they
are eligible if they wish to enroll in such program prior to release.

Section 3 amends COR by adding a new section 500-q as it relates to
Medicaid enrollment for local correctional facilities. This section
requires the superintendent of the local facility to take all of the
steps necessary to enroll individuals into the medical assistance
program unless they determine that such application is unnecessary due
to one of the following: the individual was enrolled at the time of
their incarceration and is expected to remain so at the time of release,
the individual is ineligible for enrollment, or the individual does not
wish to be enrolled.

This section also requires the Commissioner of DOCCS to ensure the rein-
statement and active enrollment into the medical assistance program of
individuals who have maintained eligibility throughout their incarcera-
tion. Under this section, no medical assistance will be furnished for
any care, services, or supplies provided during the time in which an
individual is incarcerated except as authorized by state or federal law.

Furthermore, this section also requires that any documents related to an
individual's enrollment must be kept in the individual's record until
they are. released from custody, at which time, the documents must be
provided to the individual upon release.

If a local correctional facility is unable to complete an application
for medical assistance prior to an individual's release from its custo-
dy, the facility is required to assist the individual in the completion
of any requirements necessary for a presumptive eligibility determi-
nation prior to such individual's release unless the individual decides
that they do not wish to enroll in the program. This section also
requires the superintendent to assist individuals in submitting any
preliminary information that may be necessary to meet presumptive eligi-
bility requirements.

If an individual is found to be ineligible for enrollment into a medical
assistance program, the superintendent is required to determine whether
the individual is eligible for any other medical insurance program and,
if so, must assist the individual in applying to the program for which
they are eligible if they wish to enroll in such program prior to
release.

Section 4 amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 366-a of SOS
as it relates to applications for assistance, investigations, and recon-
sideration This section requires the appropriate social services offi-
cial or the Department of Health or its agent to provide a tamper-
resistant identification card of the applicant, when such applicant is
found eligible, to DOCCS or local correctional facility to keep with the
incarcerated individual's records until the individual is released.

Section 5 amends Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 9 of section
500-b of COR as it relates to housing of prisoners and other persons in
custody. The new subparagraph (f) would require additional information
to be included in the Chief Administrative Officer's quarterly housing
report, regarding the number of individuals in the custody of each
facility, and whether they are currently enrolled in medical assistance
or other medical insurance programs at the time of their incarceration,
and the number of individuals enrolled into such programs during their
incarceration as well as the mode in which they were enrolled, including
enrollment through social services districts or the New York State of
Health benefits exchange portal.

Section 6 amends section 45 of COR by adding a new subdivision 20 as it
relates to annual reporting. This section requires the Commissioner of
DOCCS to create an annual report, in consultation with the Commissioner
of Health, to the Governor, the Temporary President of the Senate, and
the Speaker of the Assembly containing information obtained from local
correctional facilities regarding enrollment in the medical assistance
for needy persons program or other medical insurance program of appli-
cants in the custody of local correctional facilities. This legislation
also requires the first report to be completed by December 31, 2025, and
annually thereafter.

Section 7 provides an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Many incarcerated individuals are at high risk for illnesses related to
poverty, addiction, or mental illness, and frequently enter the State
correctional system without previously receiving adequate access to
care. Upon release, these New Yorkers must navigate New York's complex
social services eligibility systems while simultaneously seeking work
and housing. Lack of medical care can easily disrupt returning individ-
uals' attempts to reintegrate into society.

New York has made administrative efforts to facilitate Medicaid enroll-
ment for individuals, returning from incarceration. This bill strength-
ens that effort by directing state and local correctional facilities to
take all necessary steps prior to release to enroll individuals in Medi-
caid and directs local social services or health districts to provide
facilities with enrollment documentation. For individuals found ineligi-
ble for Medicaid, State, and local correctional facilities shall make
diligent efforts to determine whether such individuals are eligible for
other health insurance programs.

The bill also requires annual reporting by the Commissioner of
Corrections, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, on facili-
ty data regarding the enrollment of incarcerated individuals in Medicaid
or other health insurance programs.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S8368-A/A9397-A Gottfried

2023-2024: S4906-B/A7216 Paulin

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective 180 days after it becomes law.

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    614
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  CLEARE,  JACKSON, MYRIE, SALAZAR -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services law and the correction law, in
   relation to presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits of
   individuals leaving incarceration
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  364-i  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. (A)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS  INCARCERATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, OR IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
 ITY  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW, SHALL BE PRESUMED
 ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS TITLE BEGINNING ON  THE  DATE
 OF  THEIR  RELEASE  FROM  THE  INCARCERATION,  WHERE  THE  DEPARTMENT OF
 CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
 DETERMINES, ON THE BASIS OF PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL
 IS ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE UNDER PARAGRAPHS (B) OR (C) OF SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF THIS TITLE.
   (B) THE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY SHALL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLIER OF:
 THE  DAY ON WHICH ELIGIBILITY IS DETERMINED UNDER THIS TITLE; OR, IN THE
 CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL FOR WHOM AN APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER  THIS
 TITLE  IS NOT FILED OR WHO DOES NOT FILE AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH ASSIST-
 ANCE, SIXTY DAYS AFTER RELEASE OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL FROM INCARCERATION.
   (C) THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE  ONLY  IF,  AND  AS  LONG  AS,
 FEDERAL  FINANCIAL  PARTICIPATION IS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURES INCURRED
 UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  TAKE  ALL  STEPS  NECESSARY  AND
 SHALL  USE  BEST  EFFORTS  TO SECURE FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING THE PROMPT SUBMISSION OF  APPRO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00018-03-5
 S. 614                              2
 
 PRIATE  AMENDMENTS  TO  THE  STATE  PLAN  UNDER TITLE XIX OF THE FEDERAL
 SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
   (E)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO DEVELOP MATERIALS TO EDUCATE INDIVID-
 UALS  LEAVING  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES  ABOUT  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM,  INCLUDING  WHAT  STEPS  NEED  TO  BE TAKEN TO ENSURE CONTINUED
 ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM FOR THOSE DEEMED PRESUMPTIVELY  ELIGIBLE,  AND
 HOW TO BEGIN RECEIVING MEDICAL SERVICES UPON RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION.
   §  2.  Section  71  of  the  correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO ENROLL  INTO
 THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE ELEVEN OF
 ARTICLE FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW ANY INDIVIDUAL COMMITTED TO  THE
 CUSTODY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  NINE OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-I OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, UNLESS  THE  DEPARTMENT
 DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH APPLICATION IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL
 WAS ENROLLED IN THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM  AT  THE  TIME  OF  THEIR
 INCARCERATION  AND  IS  EXPECTED  TO REMAIN SO AT THE TIME OF RELEASE OR
 BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IS INELIGIBLE FOR ENROLLMENT IN SUCH  PROGRAM  OR
 DOES  NOT  WISH  TO  BE  ENROLLED.   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE REIN-
 STATEMENT AND ACTIVE ENROLLMENT INTO THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM  FOR
 INDIVIDUALS    WHO  HAVE  MAINTAINED ELIGIBILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW.
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE FURNISHED
 FOR ANY CARE, SERVICES, OR SUPPLIES PROVIDED DURING  SUCH  TIME  AS  THE
 PERSON  IS  INCARCERATED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR AS AUTHOR-
 IZED UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  LAW  OR  REGULATION
 PERMITTING  THE  PROVISION  OF SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.  FOR INDIVIDUALS
 SUCCESSFULLY ENROLLED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY DOCUMENTS RELATING  TO
 ENROLLMENT  SHALL BE KEPT IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S RECORDS UNTIL THE INDIVID-
 UAL'S RELEASE FROM CUSTODY,  AT  WHICH  TIME  SUCH  DOCUMENTS  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHERE PRACTICABLE.
   (B) WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL IS FOUND INELIGIBLE FOR THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE DILIGENT EFFORTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER
 THE  INDIVIDUAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OTHER MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAM AND,
 IF SO, ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL IN APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM FOR  WHICH  THEY
 ARE ELIGIBLE IF THEY WISH TO ENROLL IN SUCH PROGRAM PRIOR TO RELEASE.
   §  3.  The  correction law is amended by adding a new section 500-q to
 read as follows:
   § 500-Q. MEDICAID ENROLLMENT. 1. WHERE PRACTICABLE, FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL
 INCARCERATED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY,  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF
 SUCH  FACILITY  SHALL  TAKE  ALL STEPS NECESSARY FOR ENROLLMENT INTO THE
 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTI-
 CLE FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, UNDER SUBDIVISION NINE  OF  SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-I OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, UNLESS THE SUPER-
 INTENDENT  DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH APPLICATION IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE THE
 INDIVIDUAL WAS ENROLLED IN THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AT THE TIME OF
 THEIR INCARCERATION AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO AT THE TIME OF RELEASE,
 OR BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IS INELIGIBLE FOR ENROLLMENT IN  SUCH  PROGRAM
 OR  DOES NOT WISH TO BE ENROLLED.  THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ENSURE REIN-
 STATEMENT AND ACTIVE ENROLLMENT INTO THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM  FOR
 INDIVIDUALS  WHO  HAVE  MAINTAINED  ELIGIBILITY  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW.
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE FURNISHED
 FOR ANY CARE, SERVICES, OR SUPPLIES PROVIDED DURING  SUCH  TIME  AS  THE
 PERSON  IS  INCARCERATED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF
 S. 614                              3
 
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR AS AUTHOR-
 IZED UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  LAW  OR  REGULATION
 PERMITTING  THE  PROVISION  OF SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.  FOR INDIVIDUALS
 SUCCESSFULLY  ENROLLED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY DOCUMENTS RELATING TO
 ENROLLMENT SHALL BE KEPT IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S RECORDS UNTIL THE  INDIVID-
 UAL'S  RELEASE  FROM  CUSTODY,  AT  WHICH  TIME  SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHERE PRACTICABLE.
   2. WHEN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE AN  APPLI-
 CATION  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PRIOR TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S RELEASE FROM ITS
 CUSTODY, THE FACILITY SHALL ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE  COMPLETION  OF
 ANY  REQUIREMENTS  NECESSARY FOR A PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION
 PRIOR TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S RELEASE UNLESS THE  INDIVIDUAL  DECIDES  THAT
 THEY  DO  NOT  WISH  TO  ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL
 ASSIST INDIVIDUALS TO SUBMIT ANY PRELIMINARY  INFORMATION  THAT  MAY  BE
 NECESSARY TO MEET PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER SUBDIVISION
 NINE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-I OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   3.  WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL IS FOUND INELIGIBLE FOR THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAKE  DILIGENT  EFFORTS  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  THE  INDIVIDUAL  IS  ELIGIBLE  FOR  ANY OTHER MEDICAL INSURANCE
 PROGRAM AND, IF SO, ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL IN APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM FOR
 WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE IF THEY WISH TO ENROLL IN SUCH PROGRAM PRIOR  TO
 RELEASE.
   §  4.  Paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 3 of section 366-a of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 1992,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  notify  the  applicant in writing of the decision, and where such
 applicant is found eligible, provide a tamper  resistant  identification
 card  containing  a  photo  image  of  the applicant for use in securing
 medical assistance under this title provided, however, that an identifi-
 cation card need not contain a photo image of a  person  other  than  an
 adult member of an eligible household or a single-person eligible house-
 hold.  The department is not required to provide, but shall seek practi-
 cal methods for providing, a card with such picture  to  a  person  when
 such  person  is homebound or is a resident of a residential health care
 facility, or an in-patient  psychiatric  facility,  or  is  expected  to
 remain  hospitalized  for  an  extended period.   WHERE THE APPLICANT IS
 INCARCERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION
 OR  IN  A  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE
 CORRECTION LAW, THE APPROPRIATE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HEALTH  OR ITS AGENT SHALL PROVIDE SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD TO
 THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR LOCAL CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITY FOR KEEPING WITH THE INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL'S  RECORDS
 UNTIL  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  IS  RELEASED.  The  commissioner shall have the
 authority to define categories of recipients who  are  not  required  to
 have  a  photo  identification  card  where  such card would be limited,
 unnecessary or impracticable.
   § 5. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 9 of section 500-b  of  the
 correction  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  574 of the laws of 1985, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (e) court orders which have been issued and which relate to  staffing,
 jail capacity or security requirements; [and]
   (f)  THE NUMBER OF ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE CUSTODY OF EACH FACILITY (1)
 ENROLLED IN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OR OTHER MEDICAL  INSURANCE  PROGRAMS  AT
 THE  TIME OF THEIR INCARCERATION; (2) ENROLLED INTO SUCH PROGRAMS DURING
 THEIR INCARCERATION, INCLUDING WHETHER THEY WERE ENROLLED THROUGH SOCIAL
 S. 614                              4
 
 SERVICES DISTRICTS OR THE NEW YORK STATE  OF  HEALTH  BENEFITS  EXCHANGE
 PORTAL; AND
   (G) any other information requested by the commission and available to
 the chief administrative officer with respect to this section.
   §  6.  Section  45  of  the  correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 HEALTH,  TO  THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE
 SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  CONTAINING  INFORMATION  OBTAINED  FROM  LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES  UNDER  PARAGRAPH  (F)  OF  SUBDIVISION NINE OF
 SECTION FIVE HUNDRED-B OF  THIS  CHAPTER  REGARDING  ENROLLMENT  IN  THE
 MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS PROGRAM OR OTHER MEDICAL INSURANCE
 PROGRAM OF APPLICANTS IN THE CUSTODY OF LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES.
 THE  FIRST  REPORT  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WILL BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to
 section  500-b  of  the  correction law made by section five of this act
 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
 therewith.  Effective  immediately,  the  commissioner  of  health,  the
 commissioner  of  corrections  and community supervision, and the super-
 intendents of local correctional facilities shall make  regulations  and
 take  other  actions reasonably necessary to implement the provisions of
 this act on its effective date.

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Senate Bill S614

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

co-Sponsors

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Gustavo Rivera

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

co-Sponsors

Cordell Cleare

Robert Jackson

Zellnor Myrie

Julia Salazar

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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