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Home/Bills/S 1230New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 1230: Relates to the time when court ordered HIV testing in certain criminal cases must be conducted.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 2, 2026

What S 1230 does, verified May 2, 2026

The bill requires courts to conduct HIV testing for defendants in certain cases. The court must conduct a hearing only if necessary to determine if the defendant is the victim of the offense or if a follow-up test is medically appropriate. The court ordered test must be performed within 48 hours of the accusatory instrument being filed, but if the defendant is not tested within the prescribed time, the court must order another test. The defendant will be informed about HIV testing and medical treatment according to any guidelines issued by the health commissioner. The bill takes effect immediately.

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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 267 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1230 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to HIV testing in certain criminal cases The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 210.16 of the criminal procedure 2 law, as added by chapter 571 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 6. The court shall conduct a hearing only if necessary to determine if 5 the applicant is the victim of the offense of which the defendant is 6 charged or to determine whether a follow-up test is medically appropri- 7 ate. The court ordered test must be performed within forty-eight hours 8 of the date on which the [court ordered the test] accusatory instrument 9 was filed, provided, however, that whenever the defendant is not tested 10 within the period prescribed by the court, the court must again order 11 that the defendant undergo an HIV related test. The defendant shall be 12 advised of information as to HIV testing and medical treatment in 13 accordance with any guidelines that may be issued by the commissioner of 14 health. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04148-01-5 
Text of S 1230 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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