Senate Bill S1901

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the judicial diversion program for alcohol and substance abuse offenders

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1901 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4008
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §216.05, CP L; add §205.70, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3349
2013-2014: S1879, A1879
2017-2018: S2050

2015-S1901 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the judicial diversion program for alcohol and substance abuse offenders; requires court to consider, review and document evidence relating to a defendant's propensity for violent conduct prior to ordering such defendant into a judicial diversion program; establishes the crime of unauthorized departure from a rehabilitation facility.

2015-S1901 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1901 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1901

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. BONACIC, BOYLE, CARLUCCI, FELDER, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN,
  GRIFFO, HANNON, LANZA, LARKIN, LAVALLE, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MARCHIONE,
  MARTINS, NOZZOLIO, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, VALE-
  SKY, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the judicial
  diversion program for alcohol and substance abuse  offenders;  and  to
  amend  the  penal law, in relation to the crime of unauthorized depar-
  ture from a rehabilitation facility

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

  Section 1.  Subdivisions 4, 5, 8 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of
section  216.05  of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 4 of
part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, subdivision 8 as amended  by
chapter 347 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
  4.  When an authorized court, AFTER CONSIDERING THE UNDERLYING CHARGES
AND THE PROPENSITY OR LACK THEREOF FOR VIOLENT CONDUCT OF THE DEFENDANT,
AND AFTER REVIEWING OR HEARING ONE OR MORE WRITTEN OR ORAL OPINIONS FROM
A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST OR PSYCHIATRIST AS  TO  THE  PROPENSITY  OF  THE
DEFENDANT  FOR FUTURE VIOLENT CONDUCT, AND AFTER MAKING AN ON-THE-RECORD
DETERMINATION AS TO THE REASONS WHY, BASED ON ALL EVIDENCE,  determines,
pursuant  to paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section, that an
eligible defendant should be offered alcohol or substance  abuse  treat-
ment, or when the parties and the court agree to an eligible defendant's
participation  in  alcohol  or  substance  abuse  treatment, an eligible
defendant may be  allowed  to  participate  in  the  judicial  diversion
program  offered by this article.  Prior to the court's issuing an order
granting judicial diversion, the eligible defendant shall be required to
enter a plea of guilty to the charge or charges; provided, however, that
no such guilty plea shall be required when:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03327-01-5

              

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