A 4958: Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual which includes all medical records, including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and programming records.
What A 4958 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to create and maintain digital records for each incarcerated individual in the state. These digital records will include medical records, work evaluations, conduct records, and programming records. The records will be accessible to the individual, and the superintendent of each correctional facility will transmit them to the department. The records will be established and maintained by the commissioner, who will also promulgate rules and regulations. The bill will take effect 180 days after it becomes a law, allowing for immediate implementation of necessary rules and regulations.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4958
- What is the current status of A 4958?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 4958 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to correction".
- Did A 4958 pass?
- Not yet. A 4958 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4958, and where is it now?
- A 4958 was authored by Asm. Edward Gibbs with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction. It is filed under COR, alongside 60 other New York COR bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 10, 2025 · 291 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4958 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS, SAYEGH, ZINERMAN, GIGLIO, SIMON, FORREST, REYES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, TAYLOR, LUCAS, LEVENBERG, HYNDMAN, EPSTEIN, TAPIA, MITAYNES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to estab- 4 lish and maintain a digital record which includes all medical records, 5 including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug 6 or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and 7 programming records, pertaining to each incarcerated individual in the 8 state. The superintendent of each correctional facility shall transmit 9 to the department such records for each incarcerated individual in such 10 facility. Such digital record shall be accessible to such incarcerated 11 individual. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 13 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 14 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 15 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 16 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00828-01-5
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