| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 02, 2010 |
notice of committee consideration - withdrawn |
| May 03, 2010 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to social services |
| Jun 01, 2009 |
print number 5496a |
| Jun 01, 2009 |
amend and recommit to social services |
| May 12, 2009 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S5496A
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-S5496 - Details
2009-S5496 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5496
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the social services law and the correction law, in
relation to temporary emergency housing for sex offenders
PURPOSE :
To insure that local law enforcement agencies are notified of the
names and addresses of sex offenders who are placed in temporary
emergency housing by County Departments of Social Services.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Adds a new subdivision 6 of section 136 of the Social Services Law
subdivision 7 of section 168-f of the Correction Law which will
require Social Services departments to notify local law enforcement
agencies within 24 hours of placing a sexual offender in temporary
emergency housing in that community.
EXISTING LAW :
Section 168-f of the Correction Law requires that sexual offenders
register with local law enforcement agencies or the division within 10
days of moving. County Departments of Social Services temporarily
house homeless people at different locations and in some cases in
mobile units that are moved from community to community. It is claimed
that confidentiality imposed by section 131 of the Social Services Law
2009-S5496A (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S5496A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5496A
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the social services law and the correction law, in
relation to temporary emergency housing for sex offenders
PURPOSE :
To insure that local law enforcement agencies of Suffolk County are
notified of the names and addresses of sex offenders who are placed in
temporary emergency housing by County Departments of Social Services.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Adds a new subdivision 6 of section 136 of the Social Services Law
subdivision 7 of section 168-f of the Correction Law which will
require Social Services departments to notify local law enforcement
agencies, of Suffolk County, within 24 hours of placing a sexual
offender in temporary emergency housing in that community.
EXISTING LAW :
Section 168-f of the Correction Law requires that sexual offenders
register with local law enforcement agencies throughout Suffolk County
or the division within 10 days of moving. County Departments of Social
Services temporarily house homeless people at different locations and
in some cases in mobile units that are moved from community to
community. It is claimed that confidentiality imposed by section 131
2009-S5496A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5496--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 12, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. FOLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law and the correction law, in
relation to temporary emergency housing for sex offenders
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 136 of the social services law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
IN THE EVENT THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY
PLACES A HOMELESS SEX OFFENDER INTO ANY FORM OF TEMPORARY EMERGENCY
HOUSING, SUCH COMMISSIONER SHALL, WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, NOTIFY THE
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND PROVIDE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SEX
OFFENDER BEING PLACED.
S 2. Section 168-f of the correction law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. IN THE EVENT THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SUFFOLK
COUNTY PLACES A HOMELESS SEX OFFENDER INTO ANY FORM OF TEMPORARY EMER-
GENCY HOUSING, SUCH COMMISSIONER SHALL, WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, NOTIFY
THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND PROVIDE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
SEX OFFENDER BEING PLACED.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04005-02-9
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