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                                   7673
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   program for elderly inmates who are under community supervision or who
   will be released from a state correctional facility

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  210
 to read as follows:
   § 210. REENTRY FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTAB-
 LISH  A  REENTRY  FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM FOR ADULTS OVER FIFTY YEARS OF
 AGE WHO ARE UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR WHO WILL BE RELEASED  FROM  A
 STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE OFFICE OF MINORITY
 HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
 AND  MENTAL HYGIENE, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT
 OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK
 DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES  AND  LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS SENIOR
 CENTERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE  IMPLEMENTA-
 TION  AND  COORDINATION OF PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION
 FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR  WILL  BE  RELEASED
 FROM A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  COUNTY  DEPARTMENTS OF
 HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND WITH  LOCAL  STAKEHOLDERS
 SUCH  AS COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, SHALL BE RESPONSI-
 BLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION OF PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED
 FOR IN THIS SECTION FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR
 WILL BE RELEASED FROM A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO A COUNTY  OUTSIDE
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   4.  THE  PROGRAM  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING
 COMPONENTS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD11501-01-7

 A. 7673                             2
 
   (A) GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND DISCHARGE PLANNING TO  ASSESS  INDIVIDUAL
 NEEDS AND DEVELOP INDIVIDUALIZED RELEASE PLANS;
   (B)  PAROLE  BOARD  INTERVIEW  PREPARATION INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF
 APPROVED RESIDENCES; AND
   (C) CASE MANAGEMENT TO CONNECT PARTICIPANTS  TO  APPROPRIATE  HOUSING,
 MEDICAL  AND  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, BENEFITS, EMPLOYMENT, AND SERVICES
 AVAILABLE THROUGH SENIOR CENTERS, AND PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT.
   5. THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND
 MENTAL HYGIENE, HOMELESS SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND COUNTY COMMIS-
 SIONERS OF HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SOCIAL  SERVICES  SHALL  COOPERATE
 WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER,  AS  WELL  AS THE OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH, IN
 FURTHERANCE OF THE PROGRAM PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
   6. THE DEPARTMENT MAY, SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE  APPROPRIATIONS,  CONTRACT
 WITH  A NON-PROFIT ENTITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNCTIONS SET FORTH
 IN THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.