Chair Brooks-Powers asks what data BOC receives and needs for oversight

Just a follow-up.

What data does the board receive on pregnant and postpartum people?

I'll pass it on to AED Blackman, but I do believe we receive a list of people who are currently in custody who are pregnant.

And what information would be useful for your oversight function as it pertains to pregnant and postpartum folks in custody?

So on the DOC side, while we currently have it, it's useful in terms of being able to identify where the person is so we can go speak to that individual.

On the medical side, because of, again, the limitations that we have to medical information due to medical privacy laws,

if we want to do a whole-scale review of the kind of medical care that is given to this population, we will be limited in that.

If we want to do one-on-one evaluations with the individuals that are currently in care, we would rely on consent.

So that would certainly be of help to the board.

Our access to medical information is governed by the public health law and the mental hygiene law.

There is currently a provision that allows us to have access to medical records of those who have died in custody.

Expanding that, advocating to the state legislator to expand that access to encompass other types of medical information, particularly for vulnerable populations, will be extremely helpful.

I'd like to acknowledge we've been joined by Councilmember Aldebar as well, but seeing no additional questions.

So you do, Councilmember Narcisse?