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Assembly Bill A8958

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Inmate programs

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2017-A8958 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7305
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-l, Exec L (as proposed in S. 5494-A and A. 6353-B)

2017-A8958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that an inmate who has appeared before the board of parole prior to having completed any program required by the department of corrections and community supervision, and has been denied release, shall be placed into the required program.

2017-A8958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8958
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enrolling inmates into
   programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 259-l of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the correction law
 and the executive law relating to enrolling inmates  into  programs,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  5494-A  and A. 6353-B, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of corrections and  commu-
 nity  supervision  to  ensure  that  all  officers  and employees of the
 department shall at all times cooperate with the  board  of  parole  and
 shall  furnish  to  such members of the board and employees of the board
 such information as may be appropriate to enable them to  perform  their
 independent  decision  making  functions.  It is also his or her duty to
 ensure that the functions of the board of parole are not hampered in any
 way, including but not limited to: a restriction of resources  including
 staff  assistance; limited access to vital information; and presentation
 of inmate information in a manner that may inappropriately influence the
 board in its decision making.  Where an inmate has appeared  before  the
 board  prior to having completed any program assigned by the department,
 AND SUCH PROGRAM REMAINS INCOMPLETE BY NO FAULT OF THE INMATE, and where
 the board has denied such inmate release pursuant to  paragraph  (a)  of
 subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of this article, the
 department shall prioritize such inmate's [immediate] placement into the
 assigned program.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the correction law and
 the executive law  relating  to  enrolling  inmates  into  programs,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers S. 5494-A and A. 6353-B, takes
 effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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