SB1039
DOC and State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 24, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)
Chief Patron:
Stella Pekarsky (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Corrections; State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth.
Requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and implement policies for the accommodation in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities of inmate participation in telehealth appointments, which shall include designating a private space for such telehealth appointments to occur. The ... (More) bill requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to provide an update to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025, on (i) the status of the policies for the accommodation of inmate participation in telehealth appointments required to be developed and implemented pursuant to the provisions of this act; (ii) opportunities to expand telehealth programs in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities; and (iii) recommended strategies to reduce gaps in or barriers to telehealth service delivery in such correctional facilities. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102215D
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1039)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/11/2025 - House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
- 02/11/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/13/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/13/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/2025 - House: Reported from Public Safety (16-Y 5-N)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/19/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/19/2025 - House: Passed House (81-Y 15-N)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1039ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1039)
- 03/24/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/24/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)
