NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8689

Senate Bill S8689

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities

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2019-S8689 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10763
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§158 & 209, Soc Serv L; amd §112, add §§500-q & 71-b, Cor L; add §223-c, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S6493, S8064, A7340
2023-2024: S207, A2461

2019-S8689 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities to ensure that such persons receive mental health and substance use disorder services, educational needs and job readiness services and housing assistance.

2019-S8689 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8689

SPONSOR: BENJAMIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, the correction law and the
public housing law, in relation to programs, supports and services for
individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would ensure individuals being released from state and local
correctional facilities receive the appropriate supports and services
needed to reintegrate into the community prior to and upon release.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill would ensure that local social services
districts accept safety net assistance applications from an individual
being released from a state or local correctional facility forty-five

days prior to such individual's earliest expected release date.

Section two of the bill would ensure that incarcerated individuals in a
state or local correctional facility, with the intention of residing in
the state of New York will upon their release, shall be eligible to
apply for state supplemental payments at least ninety days prior to
their earliest expected release date.

Section three of the bill would ensure that individuals released on
community supervision are eligible to apply for safety net assistance,
supplemental security income and state supplemental payments prior to
their earliest expected release date and that the department shall
provide assistance in completing and filing such applications or
contract with not-for-profit providers to do so.

Section four of the bill would establish reentry services including
ensuring each incarcerated individual is eligible to apply for safety
net assistance, supplemental security income and state supplemental
payments prior to their earliest expected release date.

Section five would establish housing policies regarding eligibility for
individuals with criminal records.

Section six would establish the reintegration pilot program to help
ensure incarcerated individuals within the correctional facilities
receive the supports and services necessary to meaningfully prepare for
their release while still incarcerated, assist individuals to reinte-
grate into the community upon release, and reduce recidivism.

Section seven would establish the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

N/A

 
JUSTIFICATION:


According to 2014 numbers, 9,300 formerly incarcerated individuals were
released from state prison to New York City, few of whom were referred
to, or directly connected to, supportive services as part of their
release plan.ò In fact, 23% of the time, they went straight to homeless
shelters that have well-documented poor conditions, including crime and
drug use.. This problem has only been exacerbated over the last few
years. In 2017, released individuals were heading straight to shelters
54% of the time.. This has been dubbed the "prison-to-shelter pipeline."

The funneling of recently-released individuals into shelters without the
necessary resources, or without action plans for how to move from a
shelter into more stabilized living and housing, creates a vicious
cycle. It is one in which formerly incarcerated people are bounced among
a maze of shelters and often thrust back out onto the street in the
morning without any direction. In fact, New York City estimated that
there were 3,900 homeless New Yorkers living outside the shelters in
2018, a 40% jump in street homelessness compared to the year prior..
Shelters are no longer doing what they their name implies. Under these
shelter conditions, these individuals are much more likely to recidi-
vate, not giving them the chance to break the cycle of incarceration,
while incurring additional governmental costs.

While the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
provides funds for the nation's homeless housing programs, a newly-re-
leased individual does not meet HUD's definition of "homeless". S/he is
instead consigned to sleep on the street or in a shelter before qualify-
ing as "street homeless" and potentially being eligible for a New York
housing voucher. New York City's initiatives to build 15,000 permanent
supportive housing units and reserve 15% of new publicly-funded develop-
ments for the homeless will similarly be out of reach for every homeless
person released from prison because they are restricted to people who
are chronically homeless.. This exclusion will include some of New
York's most vulnerable homeless people, such as the elderly or individ-
uals suffering from physical or mental disabilities.

This bill takes the critical first steps of assisting recently released
individuals by linking them with nonprofit service providers who can
help them apply for safety net assistance 45 days prior to release. It
will additionally establish a pilot program that links these individuals
with nonprofits after release, to provide them with comprehensive
screening and referral for services including treatment for mental
health and substance use disorders, housing, educational services,
employment assistance and hard skills training.

These screening and referral programs have been piloted in the Fortune
Society's discharge planning programs at Rikers Island as well as in a
partnership between New York City's Department of Homeless Services
(DHS) and the Fortune Society at the three main men's assessment shel-
ters in NYC (Bellevue, BRC McGuinness and Schwartz). The end goal is to
provide guidance and service options that mirror client choice, meet
their most pressing needs and instill hope rather than despair (which
often leads to recidivism).

This legislation will also provide linkages to required parole-mandated
programming, working with the individual to prioritize required mandates
alongside his or her personal goals upon release. Finally, the bill
would ensure that housing discrimination is not possible based solely on

a past criminal record, in order to break the prison-to-shelter pipe-
line.

There is research to support these types of programs. A pilot program in
Ohio, with supportive housing alongside wrap-around services pilot
called "Returning Home Ohio," found that participants were 60% less
likely to be re-incarcerated when they participated in the program.
Likewise, a 2016 evaluation of NYCHA's Family Reentry Program pilot
phase found that of the 85 participants, 41 found or kept a job, 11
attended employment training, 12 were receiving training toward certif-
ications, 12 were attending school, and 15 were in substance use treat-
ment programs., In addition, at the time the study, no participant had
been convicted of a new offense. Providing housing assistance is less
costly than emergency shelters, increases public safety, and allows
individuals to successfully reintegrate into society

The current prison-to-shelter pipeline creates a system that is unsafe,
costly, and detrimental to good public policy. This legislation is crit-
ical in providing a roadmap, as well as the necessary tools to fix a
fundamentally broken system, and the vicious prison-shelter-prison cycle
which is detrimental to all New Yorkers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed six
years after such effective date.

2019-S8689 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8689
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  the  correction  law  and  the
   public housing law, in relation to programs, supports and services for
   individuals  being  released from state and local correctional facili-
   ties; 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. Subdivision 4 of section 158 of the social services law, as
 amended by section 44 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. (A) Social services officials shall determine eligibility for safe-
 ty net assistance within forty-five days of receiving an application for
 safety  net assistance. Such officials shall notify applicants of safety
 net assistance about the availability of assistance  to  meet  emergency
 circumstances or to prevent eviction.
   (B)  WHEN  A  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  IS  IDENTIFIED AS THE
 DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BEING RELEASED FROM A  STATE  OR
 LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY, SUCH DISTRICT SHALL ACCEPT AN APPLICATION
 FOR SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE FORTY-FIVE DAYS  PRIOR  TO  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL'S
 EARLIEST EXPECTED RELEASE DATE.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 4  of  part  E  of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (iv)  is a resident of the state and is either a citizen of the United
 States or is not an alien who is or  would  be  ineligible  for  federal
 supplemental  security income benefits solely by reason of alien status.
 PROVIDED HOWEVER, AN INDIVIDUAL INCARCERATED IN A STATE OR LOCAL CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITY, WITH THE INTENTION OF RESIDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 UPON THEIR RELEASE, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY  FOR  STATE  SUPPLEMENTAL
 PAYMENTS  AT  LEAST NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR EARLIEST EXPECTED RELEASE
 DATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD16789-01-0

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   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 112 of the correction law, as amended by
 section 19 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  commissioner shall have the management and control of persons
 released on community supervision and of all matters  relating  to  such
 persons'  effective reentry into the community, as well as all contracts
 and fiscal concerns thereof. The commissioner shall have the  power  and
 it  shall  be his or her duty to inquire into all matters connected with
 said community supervision. The commissioner shall make such  rules  and
 regulations,  not  in  conflict with the statutes of this state, for the
 governance of  the  officers  and  other  employees  of  the  department
 assigned  to  said community supervision, and in regard to the duties to
 be performed by them, as he or she deems proper  and  shall  cause  such
 rules  and  regulations  to  be  furnished  to each employee assigned to
 perform community supervision. The commissioner shall also  prescribe  a
 system  of  accounts and records to be kept, which shall be uniform. The
 commissioner shall also make rules  and  regulations  for  a  record  of
 photographs  and  other  means  of  identifying  each inmate released to
 community supervision. The commissioner shall appoint officers and other
 employees of the department who are assigned to perform community super-
 vision. EACH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  APPLY  FOR
 SAFETY  NET  ASSISTANCE,  SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME AND STATE SUPPLE-
 MENTAL PAYMENTS PRIOR TO THEIR EARLIEST EXPECTED RELEASE DATE IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, 42
 USC § 1383 AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE  OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,
 RESPECTIVELY.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING AND
 FILING SUCH APPLICATIONS AND MAY CONTRACT WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT  PROVIDERS
 WITH EXPERIENCE ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS DURING THE APPLICATION AND APPEALS
 PROCESSES  OF  SUCH  BENEFITS  TO  PROVIDE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITH
 ASSISTANCE COMPLETING APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH BENEFITS.
   § 4. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  500-q  to
 read as follows:
   §  500-Q.  REENTRY  SERVICES.  EACH  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE
 ELIGIBLE TO APPLY  FOR  SAFETY  NET  ASSISTANCE,  SUPPLEMENTAL  SECURITY
 INCOME  AND STATE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS PRIOR TO THEIR EARLIEST EXPECTED
 RELEASE DATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT  OF  THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW, 42 USC § 1383 AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE OF THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, RESPECTIVELY. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICER  OR
 OTHER  PERSON  IN  CHARGE OF A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL PROVIDE
 ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING AND FILING SUCH APPLICATIONS AND  MAY  CONTRACT
 WITH  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  PROVIDERS  WITH  EXPERIENCE  ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS
 DURING THE APPLICATION  AND  APPEALS  PROCESSES  FOR  SUCH  BENEFITS  TO
 PROVIDE  INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITH ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING APPLICA-
 TIONS FOR SUCH BENEFITS.
   § 5. The public housing law is amended by adding a new  section  223-c
 to read as follows:
   § 223-C. HOUSING POLICIES REGARDING PERSONS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS. ALL
 AUTHORITIES  SHALL  CREATE POLICIES REGARDING THE ELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS
 WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS THAT CONFORM WITH TITLE 42,  §  13661  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES CODE AND ANY RELEVANT GUIDANCE DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE OF
 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
 URBAN DEVELOPMENT. SUCH POLICY SHALL: (A) NOT CONTAIN A ONE-STRIKE  RULE
 UNLESS  REQUIRED  BY  FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION; (B) PROHIBIT THE USE OF
 ARREST RECORDS WHEN MAKING A HOUSING DECISION;  (C)  ONLY  USE  CRIMINAL
 RECORDS  IN  HOUSING DECISIONS IF REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION;
 AND (D) PROVIDE FOR ADMISSION OR REINTEGRATION OF ALL PERSONS WITH CRIM-

 S. 8689                             3
 
 INAL RECORDS UNLESS SUCH ADMISSION OR REINTEGRATION  WAS  PROHIBITED  BY
 ANOTHER  STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, OR IF THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY DETER-
 MINES WITH PARTICULARITY THAT THE  PERSON  WOULD  ADVERSELY  AFFECT  THE
 HEALTH,  SAFETY, OR RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THE PREMISES BY OTHER
 RESIDENTS, THE OWNER, OR PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY EMPLOYEES. IF AN AUTHORI-
 TY ALREADY HAS SUCH POLICY, IT SHALL BE AMENDED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THIS SECTION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "HOUSING  DECISION"
 SHALL  INCLUDE  ANY  DECISION  REGARDING  ADMISSION, EVICTION, ACCESS TO
 ASSISTANCE, OR TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION  SHALL
 BE  CONSTRUED  TO  REQUIRE AN AUTHORITY TO ADMIT, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, OR
 NOT EVICT A PERSON WITH A CRIMINAL CONVICTION IF  THE  AUTHORITY  DETER-
 MINES  WITH  PARTICULARITY  THAT  THE  PERSON WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE
 HEALTH, SAFETY, OR RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THE PREMISES BY  OTHER
 RESIDENTS, THE OWNER, OR PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY EMPLOYEES.
   §  6.  The  correction  law is amended by adding a new section 71-b to
 read as follows:
   § 71-B. REINTEGRATION PILOT PROGRAM. 1.  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  COLLAB-
 ORATION  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND
 SUPPORTS  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND  CONDUCT A FIVE YEAR REINTEGRATION PILOT
 PROGRAM TO HELP ENSURE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES  RECEIVE  THE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES NECESSARY TO MEANINGFULLY
 PREPARE FOR THEIR RELEASE WHILE STILL INCARCERATED,  ASSIST  INDIVIDUALS
 TO  REINTEGRATE  INTO  THE COMMUNITY UPON RELEASE AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
 SUCH PILOT PROGRAM SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN THREE CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES,
 ONE  FEMALE  AND TWO MALE FACILITIES, SELECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT, TAKING
 INTO CONSIDERATION ADEQUATE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE STATE  AS
 WELL  AS  AVAILABILITY  OF  SUFFICIENT  LINKS  TO  SUPPORTS AND SERVICES
 REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  PILOT  PROGRAM,  THERE
 SHALL  BE  AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ON A VOLUN-
 TARY BASIS REQUEST PLACEMENT IN THE PILOT PROGRAM. UPON ADMISSION TO THE
 PROGRAM, EACH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL SHALL RECEIVE AN IN-DEPTH  SCREEN-
 ING  AND  ASSESSMENT  TO  DETERMINE THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS AS RELATING TO,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER
 SERVICES,  EDUCATIONAL  NEEDS  AND  JOB  READINESS.  IN  ADDITION  TO AN
 IN-DEPTH SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT, PARTICIPANTS  IN  THE  PILOT  PROGRAM
 SHALL  ALSO BE LINKED WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PEER TO PEER
 ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSIST WITH THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  REINTEGRATION
 PLANNING.  THIS  SHALL  OCCUR  NO  LESS  THAN NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR
 EXPECTED RELEASE DATE AND SHALL CONSIST  OF,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
 ASSISTANCE  APPLYING  FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS, REFERRALS AND LINKS TO MENTAL
 HEALTH AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICE  PROVIDERS  IF  APPLICABLE,
 CONNECTIONS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
 IF  APPROPRIATE,  ASSISTANCE FINDING AVAILABLE STABLE HOUSING OPTIONS TO
 BE AVAILABLE UPON RELEASE AND GENERAL SUPPORTS AND SERVICES THAT MAY  BE
 HELPFUL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL REINTEGRATING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
   2.  UPON  RELEASE  FROM  THE  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY, INDIVIDUALS WILL
 CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES, AS NEEDED, FOR AN  ADDITIONAL
 SIX MONTHS, TO ENSURE THE INDIVIDUAL'S SUCCESSFUL REINTEGRATION INTO THE
 COMMUNITY.  SUCH SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CONNECT-
 ING INDIVIDUALS TO HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES,  AS  APPROPRI-
 ATE,  ASSISTANCE  ENSURING  COMPLIANCE WITH ANY PAROLE OR COURT MANDATED
 ACTIVITIES, CONNECTIONS  TO  EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES  BASED  ON  THEIR
 SKILLS  IDENTIFIED  WHILE  INCARCERATED  AND ASSISTANCE ACQUIRING STABLE
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE COLLABORATING AGENCIES SHALL CONTRACT WITH  NOT-

 S. 8689                             4
 
 FOR-PROFIT  PROVIDERS  TO  EFFECTUATE THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THIS
 SECTION.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY ORGAN-
 IZATIONS,  SHALL  SUBMIT  WITHIN  ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE
 EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE AN ANAL-
 YSIS OF THE OUTCOMES  OF  THE  PILOT  PROGRAM  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR
 CONTINUED  EFFORTS  TO MEANINGFULLY PREPARE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR
 THEIR RELEASE WHILE STILL INCARCERATED, ASSIST  INDIVIDUALS  TO  REINTE-
 GRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY UPON RELEASE AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM. SUCH INFOR-
 MATION  PROVIDED  IN  THE  REPORT  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 INFORMATION ON THE TYPES  OF  CONVICTIONS  OF  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS
 PARTICIPATING  IN THE PILOT PROGRAM; THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF SERVICES THAT
 WERE PROVIDED WHILE INCARCERATED AS WELL AS UPON RELEASE;  THE  OUTCOMES
 AND EFFECTIVENESS, TO THE EXTENT IT IS KNOWN, OF SUCH SERVICES PROVIDED;
 WHETHER  PARTICIPANTS  IN  THE  PILOT  PROGRAM  WERE ABLE TO FIND STABLE
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND/OR EMPLOYMENT DURING THEIR PARTICIPATION  IN  THE
 PILOT  PROGRAM  AND  ANY  BARRIERS  THAT  MAY  HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR
 INABILITY TO FIND HOUSING AND/OR EMPLOYMENT; AND ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION
 OR  FACTORS  THAT  WERE  IDENTIFIED THAT MAY HAVE CREATED BARRIERS TO AN
 INDIVIDUAL'S REINTEGRATION ONCE RELEASED  AND  THE  ADDITIONAL  SERVICES
 THAT MAY ALLEVIATE THOSE BARRIERS.
   4.  NO  PERSON SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMAND OR REQUIRE PARTICIPATION
 IN THE PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION.
   5. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPART-
 MENT TO HOLD AN INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL  IN  CONFINEMENT  BEYOND  THEIR
 EARLIEST RELEASE DATE.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed six
 years after such effective date.

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