Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against their will.
Sen. Samra Brouk
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Maddy summaryThis bill restricts the use of specific chemicals in menstrual products sold or distributed within the state. It defines "restricted substances" to include unsafe items like lead, mercury, and various phthalates, and prohibits their inclusion as intentionally added ingredients immediately upon the law's effective date. Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health to set lower safety thresholds for these chemicals within two years, with a mandate to review and potentially lower those limits every five years. The legislation applies to all menstrual products, including tampons, pads, and cups, and takes effect twelve months after becoming law.
Maddy summaryThis bill establishes comprehensive health and safety standards for pregnant and postpartum individuals in correctional facilities and their young children. It mandates access to full prenatal, obstetric, and postpartum medical care, including pain management during delivery and treatment for substance use disorders, while ensuring privacy and freedom from discrimination. The legislation also allows children born to incarcerated parents to remain with their mothers in the facility until the child is eighteen months old, or until the parent is paroled if that occurs before the child turns twenty-four months, with strict limits on removing children from their parents.
Establishes a campaign to promote public awareness of the importance of good oral health, including but not limited to, the impact of oral disease, causes of oral disease and its prevention, oral health across the lifespan, the total body connection, the value of early detection and the availability of oral health services in the community.
Grants peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Rochester Regional Health or its subsidiaries, on or adjacent to the grounds, buildings or property owned, controlled, or administered by Rochester Regional Health.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits state-chartered banks from investing in or providing financing to private prison operators. It achieves this by banning banks from purchasing stocks, securities, or other financial obligations of entities that own or run private correctional facilities, using the state's existing standards for public prisons as the benchmark for eligibility. The law applies immediately to all banking contracts entered into, renewed, modified, or amended on or after its effective date.
Authorizes the state inspector general to receive and investigate complaints of sexual assault in correctional facilities and other places operated by the department of corrections and community supervision for the confinement of persons; requires the state inspector general to establish protocol and procedures for such reports and investigations.
Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.
Establishes the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology ("FIRST") robotics competition; creates a grant program to fund high school participation in the competition and to encourage study in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer advocates and requires the office of mental health to establish peer service qualification programs.