Int 0098-2024

Requiring the department of correction and correctional health services to establish a medical clinic to treat persons transported to a court facility.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2024-02-08

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2024-02-08Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the department of correction and correctional health services to maintain a medical clinic staffed by health care professionals in each New York City criminal court facility. In addition, correctional health services would be required to prepare a document that details the food, medication, or other medical services a person requires while in a court facility, and the department of correction must provide access to the medical clinic to persons with needs outlined in such document.

Committee on Criminal Justice — Department of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.

How it compares

38% of similar bills passed

19 passed · 31 died

This bill: 691 days in committee

Similar bills: median 513 days · 152 days when passed

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Sponsors (25)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2024-02-08 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2024-02-08 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2025-07-28 · Committee on Criminal Justice

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2025-07-28 · Committee on Criminal Justice

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Criminal Justice · 2025-07-28 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall

City Council · 2024-02-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (10)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 9-108 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subdivision f to read as follows: f. Court medical clinic; 1. The department, in conjunction with correctional health services, shall maintain a medical clinic to be staffed by one or more health care professionals from correctional health services in all New York city criminal court or criminal term of New York state supreme court facilities; 2. For each person with a scheduled court appearance, correctional health services shall prepare a document that indicates whether that person requires food, medication, or other medical services while in a court facility; 3. When a person is in the department's custody within a court facility, the department shall provide access to the medical clinic established in paragraph 1 of this subdivision to those with a dietary or medical need recorded in the document prepared pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subdivision. � 2. This local law takes effect in 120 days. JW LS #14174 12/28/23 1 1 2 2