New York A05948 amends the executive law to modify medical parole procedures and eligibility criteria.

New York A05948 amends the executive law to modify medical parole procedures and eligibility criteria. The bill allows the board to release incarcerated individuals on medical parole if they are certified to have a terminal condition, disease, or syndrome and are physically or cognitively incapable of presenting a danger to society. It specifies that individuals serving sentences for murder in the first degree or related offenses are ineligible for medical parole.

New York A05948 amends the executive law to modify medical parole procedures and eligibility criteria.

New York A05948 amends the executive law to modify medical parole procedures and eligibility criteria. The bill allows the board to release incarcerated individuals on medical parole if they are certified to have a terminal condition, disease, or syndrome and are physically or cognitively incapable of presenting a danger to society. It specifies that individuals serving sentences for murder in the first degree or related offenses are ineligible for medical parole.