NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1056

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

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Jan 06, 2017	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3974
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correctional Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6349, A9124
2019-2020: S3550, A7103

2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - 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.

2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1056

 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.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S6349A/A9124 - Crime Victims/Passed Assembly

 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.

2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1056
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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
 
 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.
   § 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.
   § 3. Within twelve months of the  effective  date  of  this  act,  the
 commissioner  of  the  office of temporary and disability assistance and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02018-01-7

 S. 1056                             2

 the commissioner of the department of corrections and  community  super-
 vision 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 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.
   §  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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David Carlucci

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

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Joseph E. Robach

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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