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Jun 09, 2014 | referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 03, 2014 | ordered to third reading cal.1144 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 27, 2014 | print number 7655a |
May 27, 2014 | amend (t) and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction |
May 23, 2014 | referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
senate Bill S7655A
Sponsored By
Michael F. Nozzolio
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Greg Ball
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
John J. Bonacic
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Phil Boyle
(R) 0 Senate District
Patrick M. Gallivan
(R, C) 60th Senate District
S7655 - Details
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
S7655 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7655 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to regional treatment facilities PURPOSE: This bill amends the Correction Law to designate community treatment facilities as regional treatment facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends Correction Law section 72-a to designate community treatment facilities as regional treatment facilities. Such facilities are residential chemical dependence treatment facilities to be used exclusively to provide substance abuse treatment services to persons eligible pursuant to section seventy-two-a of the Correction Law and who are otherwise eligible for temporary release pursuant to subdivision two of section eight hundred fifty-one of the Correction Law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary or the closure or impending closure of certain correctional facilities, the Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services and Community Supervision is directed to facilitate the use of facilities at Butler Correctional Facility, Monterey Correctional Facility, Chateaugay Correctional Facility and Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility as regional treatment facilities. Such facilities must be operated by the Department of Correctional Services or the Division of Substance Abuse Services. Section 2 of the bill amends subdivision 14 of section 2 of the
S7655 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7655 I N S E N A T E May 23, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. NOZZOLIO, BALL, BONACIC, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HANNON, LANZA, LARKIN, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MARTINS, MAZIARZ, O'MARA, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, SEWARD, VALESKY, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to regional treatment facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 72-a of the correction law, as amended by section 7 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: S 72-a. [Community] REGIONAL treatment facilities. 1. Transfer of eligible inmate. Notwithstanding the provisions of section seventy-two of this [chapter] ARTICLE, any inmate confined in a correctional facili- ty who is an "eligible inmate" as defined by subdivision two of section eight hundred fifty-one of this chapter and has been certified by the [division of] OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND substance abuse services as being in need of substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation may be trans- ferred by the commissioner to a [community] REGIONAL treatment facility. 2. Designation of facilities. [A community treatment facility shall be designated by the director of the division of substance abuse services and the commissioner. Such facility shall be operated by a provider or sponsoring agency that has provided approved residential substance abuse treatment services for at least two years duration.] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY OR THE CLOSURE OR IMPENDING CLOSURE OF CERTAIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, THE COMMISSIONER IS DIRECTED TO FACILITATE THE USE OF FACILITIES AT BUTLER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN RED CREEK, NEW YORK, MONTEREY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN SCHUYLER COUNTY, CHATEAUGAY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, AND MT. MCGREGOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN SARATOGA COUNTY, AS REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. SUCH FACILITIES MUST BE OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOL- ISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15373-02-4
Co-Sponsors
Greg Ball
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
John J. Bonacic
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Phil Boyle
(R) 0 Senate District
Patrick M. Gallivan
(R, C) 60th Senate District
S7655A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
S7655A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7655A TITLE OF BILL: An act directing the study of the feasibility of converting certain correctional facilities into treatment facilities PURPOSE: This bill directs the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of converting correctional facilities which are closed or scheduled to be closed, to be used as treatment facilities for persons addicted to controlled substances. Summary of provisions: Section one of the bill directs the Department of Correctional Services and Community Supervision and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of converting correctional facilities, which are closed or scheduled to be closed, to be used as treatment facilities for the treatment of persons with substance abuse addiction both on an in-patient residential basis and an outpatient basis. The study shall be comprehensive and shall evaluate the efficacy of removing individuals from the community and placing those individuals in residential treatment facilities, assess the value of treatment in a facility which was formerly used as a correctional facility, and
S7655A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7655--A I N S E N A T E May 23, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. NOZZOLIO, BALL, BONACIC, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HANNON, LANZA, LARKIN, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MARTINS, MAZIARZ, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, SEWARD, VALESKY, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT directing the study of the feasibility of converting certain correctional facilities into treatment facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The department of correctional services and community supervision and the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services are directed to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of convert- ing correctional facilities, which are closed or scheduled to be closed, to be used as treatment facilities for the treatment of persons with a substance abuse addiction both on an in-patient residential basis and an out-patient basis. The study shall include an evaluation of the efficacy of removing addicted individuals from the community and placing such persons in a residential treatment facility for comprehensive therapy and shall also include an assessment of the value of such treatment in a facility which was formerly used as a correctional facility away from the community of residence of the individual. An analysis shall also be made of the extent of renovations which may be necessary in connection with the conversion of the facilities, including an estimate of the cost of such renovations. Consideration shall be given to factors such as the number of partic- ipants necessary for the most efficient operation of such a program on an in-patient residential basis and an out-patient basis. Also a deter- mination shall be made with respect to the factors to be considered in determining or recommending the types of treatment modalities to be provided. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15373-03-4
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