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Assembly Bill A7605

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to integrating community supervision programs into an individual's schedule

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

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2017-A7605 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8741
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5104, S1698
2021-2022: A6977, S643

2017-A7605 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to integrating community supervision programs into an individual's employment, educational or vocational training schedule.

2017-A7605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7605
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to integrating community
   supervision  programs  into an individual's employment, educational or
   vocational training schedule
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section 201 of the correction law, as
 added by section 32 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws  of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The  department shall assist inmates eligible for community super-
 vision and [inmates] INDIVIDUALS who are  on  community  supervision  to
 secure employment, educational or vocational training, and housing.  ANY
 PROGRAM  THE  DEPARTMENT  REQUIRES  A PERSON ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO
 TAKE AS A CONDITION OF SUCH SUPERVISION SHALL NOT UNREASONABLY INTERFERE
 WITH SUCH PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHED-
 ULE UNLESS SUCH PROGRAM IS A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11376-02-7

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