NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2055

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
Jan 19, 2021	referred to finance

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5706
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §210, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4639, A11010
2023-2024: A1623

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a program for adults over fifty who are under community supervision or who will be released from a state correctional facility.

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2055

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Relates to establishing the re-entry for the elderly program

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the correction law by adding a new section 210.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

25,000 inmates are released from state correctional facilities each
year. Approximately 61% of releasees are returned to New York City and
the surrounding suburban counties with the remaining 39% returning to
the upstate counties from which they were committed. If state policy
aspires to support the successful reintegration into society of persons
returning from prison, then this bill will help achieve that public
safety goal. The reentry for the elderly program established by this
bill should increase the rate of successful reintegration while provid-
ing a more humane approach to returning elderly and geriatric persons to
society after incarceration.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) alone
cannot ensure good results for every inmate it releases each year along
with the 35,000 parolees it supervises. Nor is it reasonable to expect
that one agency can provide a bridge to reentry services in all parts of
the state for tens of thousands of people each year. Good results
require partners and cooperation from local agencies and stakeholders in
the communities where such individuals originally came from and where
they return. Although elderly releasees have low rates of recidivism
they have high needs from a reentry perspective, including financial
instability and an inability to work, medical needs, a lack of support-
ive housing, technological challenges and, in many cases, few living
relatives.

From 2000-201, the state prison population decreased by 36%, from
approximately 71,500 in 2000, to 46,000 in 2019. At the same time the
incarcerated population over aged 50 doubled from 5,111 in 2000, to
10,331 in early 2018. This trend will likely continue. To ensure humane
and safe returns from the significant investment made in state
corrections, this bill requires the NYC departments of health & mental
hygiene, social services and homeless services and their upstate coun-
terparts to work with DOCCS to implement and coordinate program services
for elderly persons released from state incarceration. Such services
shall include geriatric assessment and discharge planning, identifica-
tion of approvable housing including skilled nursing facilities and
nursing homes, case management to connect elderly releases to appropri-
ate medical and mental health care, benefits, employment and services

available through senior centers and service providers in their respec-
tive communities.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATION HISTORY:

S.4639-A of 2019-2020; Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined, if any.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become a law .

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2055
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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 USING EXISTING FUNDS  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.

                                                            LBD03785-01-1

 S. 2055                             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 on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S2055

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Luis R. Sepúlveda

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2055 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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