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Senate Bill S7305

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Inmate programs

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2017-S7305 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8958
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-l, Exec L (as proposed in S. 5494-A and A. 6353-B)

2017-S7305 (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-S7305 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7305 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7305
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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