NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6349A

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 11, 2016	print number 6349a
May 11, 2016	amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
Jan 06, 2016	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Bill Amendments

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co-Sponsors

2015-S6349 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9124
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correctional Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1056, A3974
2019-2020: S3550, A7103

2015-S6349 - Summary

Directs the office of temporary and disability assistance and the department of corrections and community supervision to examine and make recommendations on current sanctions placed by the state and local social services districts on individuals prior to and after their release from incarceration as part of the individual's re-entry planning.

2015-S6349 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6349

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act in relation to the examination of an incarcerated individual's
re-entry planning; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
upon expiration thereof

 PURPOSE :

To ensure that sanctions are removed or examined as part of an
incarcerated individuals re-entry planning.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 requires the office of temporary and disability assistance
and the department of corrections and community supervision to
examine, evaluate and make recommendations on the current sanctions
placed by the state and local social services districts on
individual's re-entry planning including but not limited to: Housing;
Medical; Psychological Counseling; Chemical Dependence Services;
Employment; and Childcare Services.

Section 2 provides the authority to the office and department to
request and receive any available information from state and local
agencies that are relevant and material to the study in section 1.

Section 3 requires a report by the office and department within twelve
months of the effective date to be delivered to the governor, to the
majority and minority leaders of the senate and assembly and to the
chairs of relevant committees in both the senate and the assembly on
the office and department's findings, conclusions and recommendations
and shall submit any legislative or regulatory proposals deemed
necessary to implement their recommendations.

 JUSTIFICATION :

At a recent roundtable, many individuals raised the concern of social
service sanctions and the implications that these sanctions have for
individuals who are currently incarcerated and will released shortly.
The concern being that many times when a person is on public
assistance and then incarcerated they are often subject to having
sanctions placed on them which in many instances stay with them even
after they are released which has been a leading cause of recidivism.
This legislation will require the Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
to conduct an evaluation on the current way the sanction system exists
as part of re-entry planning.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed one year after it shall have become law.

2015-S6349 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6349

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
  Correction

AN  ACT  in  relation to the examination of an incarcerated individual's
  re-entry planning; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
  upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The office of temporary and disability assistance  and  the
department of corrections and community supervision shall examine, eval-
uate  and  make recommendations on current sanctions placed by the state
and local social  services  districts  on  individuals  prior  to  their
release  from  incarceration  as part of the individual's re-entry plan-
ning. Such office and department shall direct  their  attention  to  the
following, but not be limited to:
  (a) Housing;
  (b) Medical;
  (c) Psychological counseling;
  (d) Chemical dependency services;
  (e) Employment; and
  (f) Childcare services.
  S 2. The office of temporary and disability assistance and the depart-
ment  of  corrections  and community supervision shall request and shall
receive any available information from state and local agencies that are
relevant and material to the study required by section one of this act.
  S 3. Within twelve months of the  effective  date  of  this  act,  the
commissioner  of the office of temporary and disability services and the
commissioner of the department of corrections and community  supervision
shall  submit  a  report to the governor, the temporary president of the
senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of  the  senate
and  minority  leader  of  the  assembly  and the chairs of the relevant
committees in both the senate and assembly, on such  office's  and  such
department's  findings, conclusions and recommendations and shall submit

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13408-01-5

S. 6349                             2

therewith such legislative or regulatory proposals as  deemed  necessary
to implement their recommendations.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9124
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correctional Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1056, A3974
2019-2020: S3550, A7103

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6349A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act in relation to the examination of an
incarcerated individual's re-entry planning; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To ensure that sanctions are removed or examined as part of an
incarcerated individuals re-entry planning.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 requires the office of temporary and disability assistance
and the department of corrections and community supervision to
examine, evaluate and make recommendations on the current sanctions
placed by the state and local social services districts on
individual's re-entry planning including but not limited to: Housing;
Medical; Mental health counseling; Substance abuse and addiction
services; Employment; Benefits programs; and Childcare Services.

Section 2 provides the authority to the office and department to
request and receive any available information from state and local
agencies that are relevant and material to the study in section 1.

Section 3 requires a report by the office and department within twelve

months of the effective date to be delivered to the governor, to the
majority and minority leaders of the senate and assembly and to the
chairs of relevant committees in both the senate and the assembly on
the office and department's findings, conclusions and recommendations
and shall submit any legislative or regulatory proposals deemed
necessary to implement their recommendations.

 JUSTIFICATION :

At a recent roundtable, many individuals raised the concern of social
service sanctions and the implications that these sanctions have for
individuals who are currently incarcerated and will be released
shortly.

The concern being that many times when a person is on public
assistance and then incarcerated they are often subject to having
sanctions placed on them which in many instances stay with them even
after they are released which has been a leading cause of recidivism.
This legislation will require the Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
to conduct an evaluation on the current way the sanction system exists
as part of re-entry planning.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed one year after it shall have become law.

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6349--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. CARLUCCI, ROBACH -- 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 in relation to the examination of  an  incarcerated  individual's
  re-entry  planning;  and  providing  for the repeal of such provisions
  upon expiration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The office of temporary and disability assistance and the
department of corrections and community supervision shall examine, eval-
uate and make recommendations on any current sanctions  or  barriers  to
re-entry  to  the community after a sentence of incarceration that exist
in statute, law, regulation, policy or practice of the  state  or  local
social services districts that have an impact on individuals prior to or
after  their  release  from incarceration.   The topics examined by such
office and department shall, include, but not be  limited  to  any  such
sanctions  or  barriers  to  re-entry that may be found in the following
areas:
  (a) Housing;
  (b) Medical;
  (c) Mental health counseling;
  (d) Substance abuse and addiction services;
  (e) Employment;
  (f) Benefits programs; and
  (g) Childcare services.
  S 2. The office of temporary and disability assistance and the depart-
ment of corrections and community supervision shall  request  and  shall
receive any available information from state and local agencies that are
relevant and material to the study required by section one of this act.
  S  3.  Within  twelve  months  of  the effective date of this act, the
commissioner of the office of temporary and  disability  assistance  and
the  commissioner  of the department of corrections and community super-
vision shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD13408-03-6

S. 6349--A                          2

the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the  minority  leader  of  the
senate  and  minority leader of the assembly and the chairs of the rele-
vant committees in both the senate and assembly, on  such  office's  and
such  department's  findings,  conclusions and recommendations and shall
submit therewith such legislative  or  regulatory  proposals  as  deemed
necessary to implement their recommendations.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S6349A

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2015-S6349 - Details

2015-S6349 - Summary

2015-S6349 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6349 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

David Carlucci

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Joseph E. Robach

2015-S6349 - Details

2015-S6349 - Summary

2015-S6349 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6349 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Joseph E. Robach

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6349A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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