New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: Enacts the "McDow Watson medical transparency in correctional facilities act"
Relates to required notification of an incarcerated individual's emergency contacts when such incarcerated individual experiences a serious medical event; provides that incarcerated individuals and their representatives shall have the right to access such incarcerated individual's medical records; provides requirements for access to such medical records; establishes an independent medical oversight body to monitor and evaluate the quality of medical care provided to incarcerated individuals within correctional facilities and to ensure compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements for adequate medical care; provides penalties for certain violations; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to collect data on medical incidents, response times, and correctional facility compliance with certain requirements, and to publish an annual report detailing such data.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 10718 | Enacts "India's law" | in_committee |
| A 10736 | Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care | in_committee |
| A 10755 | Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state, and requiring the amendment or adoption of related protocols, policies and programs | in_committee |
| S 6554 | Provides for benefits for certain emergency medical technicians in the city of New York who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by a stroke resulting in disability or death | in_committee |
| S 8806 | Directs counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans | enacted |
| S 9604 | Provides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccines | in_committee |
| A 1191 | Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearms | in_committee |
| A 4384 | Relates to deadlines for filing nominating petitions for small city school board elections | in_committee |