Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends corrections law in relation to incarcerated parents in New York.

Highlights:

• Alleges support for the rights and care of pregnant and postpartum people who are incarcerated (Sec. 1). 

• Requires incarcerated people to be given comprehensive prenatal care and perinatal care that can includes the following (Sec. 1):  

• Obstetric care; 

• Medical care during labor and delivery; 

• Screening for opioid usage; 

• Screening for HIV; 

• Access to vaccines;

• Appropriate hydration and nutrition 

• Safe and appropriate housing and living conditions: 

• Access to exercise facilities;

• Prevention of exposure to substances and chemicals;and 

• Other measures 

• Specifies that a child may be removed from an detention facility and from its birth parent when it is clear that the facility presents a danger to the child (Sec. 1)

• Specifies that no child shall be removed from the prison nursery without the express oral and written consent of the birthing parent or a finding,  by  clear and  convincing evidence, that such person poses an imminent risk to the health and safety of the child (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the department of corrections shall propose regulations regarding the implementation of these policies within 180s of its passage (Sec. 1).

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