NYC Council Introduction 98

intro.nyc/0098-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring the department of correction and correctional health services to establish a medical clinic to treat persons transported to a court facility.
Status: Committee Committee on Criminal Justice
Sponsored by Nantasha M. Williams
Introduced: February 8, 2024

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.