New York S05804 amends medical parole rules, focusing on determining if a person released on medical parole is physically or cognitively incapable of.
New York S05804 amends the executive law to modify medical parole procedures. It grants the board the power to release incarcerated individuals on medical parole if they are suffering from a terminal condition, disease, or syndrome and are so debilitated or incapacitated as to create a reasonable probability that they are physically or cognitively incapable of presenting a danger to society. The bill specifies that individuals serving sentences for certain offenses are ineligible for medical parole.
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