Senate Bill S2855A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to birth certificates for incarcerated individuals

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S2855 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2510
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§601, 71, 125 & 201, Cor L; amd §§4174 & 4179, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8516
2015-2016: A3235
2017-2018: A3626
2019-2020: S4212, A4310

2021-S2855 - Summary

Relates to birth certificates for incarcerated individuals; requires birth certificate or certification of birth, or certified transcript of birth and social security card to be kept in the incarcerated individual's records until the incarcerated individual is released from custody when such birth certificate or certification of birth, or certified transcript of birth and social security card shall be provided to the incarcerated individual.

2021-S2855 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2855 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2855
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,
   Crime and Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the  correction  law  and  the  public  health  law,  in
   relation to birth certificates for inmates

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 71 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. (A) FOR ANY INMATE WHO WILL BE COMMITTED  TO  THE  CUSTODY  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT FOR ONE YEAR OR GREATER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE DILIGENT
 EFFORTS  TO  OBTAIN  A COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATION OF
 BIRTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD FOR EACH SUCH INMATE  UNDER  HIS  OR  HER
 CUSTODY.  SUCH  BIRTH  CERTIFICATE  OR CERTIFICATION OF BIRTH AND SOCIAL
 SECURITY CARD SHALL BE KEPT IN THE INMATE RECORDS UNTIL  THE  INMATE  IS
 RELEASED FROM CUSTODY UPON WHICH SUCH BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATION
 OF BIRTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE INMATE.
   (B)  WHERE  A  FACILITY  IN WHICH AN INMATE IS HOUSED RECEIVES A BIRTH
 CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATION OF BIRTH CONTAINING MISSING  OR  INCOMPLETE
 INFORMATION  AS  TO THE INMATE'S FIRST NAME SUCH FACILITY SHALL INITIATE
 THE PROCESS TO CORRECT OR AMEND THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF THE  INMATE  IN
 CONSULTATION WITH AND UPON CONSENT OF THE INMATE.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 125 of the correction law, as amended by
 section  21 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. The superintendent of each of said facilities shall furnish to each
 inmate who shall be discharged or released from said facility by pardon,
 parole, conditional release or otherwise, except  such  inmates  as  are
 released for return for resentence or new trial or upon a certificate of
 reasonable  doubt,  and  except such inmates who are released to partic-
 ipate in a program outside the facility who are required  to  return  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-S2855A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2510
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§601, 71, 125 & 201, Cor L; amd §§4174 & 4179, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8516
2015-2016: A3235
2017-2018: A3626
2019-2020: S4212, A4310

2021-S2855A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to birth certificates for incarcerated individuals; requires birth certificate or certification of birth, or certified transcript of birth and social security card to be kept in the incarcerated individual's records until the incarcerated individual is released from custody when such birth certificate or certification of birth, or certified transcript of birth and social security card shall be provided to the incarcerated individual.

2021-S2855A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2855A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2855--A
     Cal. No. 370
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,
   Crime and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims,
   Crime and Correction in accordance with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  correction  law  and  the  public  health  law,  in
   relation to birth certificates for incarcerated individuals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 601 of the  correction  law,  as
 amended by section 209 of chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a)  Whenever  an  incarcerated  individual  shall be delivered to the
 superintendent of a state correctional facility pursuant to an  indeter-
 minate or determinate sentence, the officer so delivering such incarcer-
 ated  individual  shall deliver to such superintendent, the sentence and
 commitment or certificate of conviction, or a  certified  copy  thereof,
 and  a copy of any order of protection pursuant to section 380.65 of the
 criminal procedure law received by such officer from the  clerk  of  the
 court by which such incarcerated individual shall have been sentenced, a
 copy  of  the report of the probation officer's investigation and report
 or a detailed statement covering the facts relative  to  the  crime  and
 previous  history  certified  by  the  district  attorney, a copy of the
 incarcerated individual's fingerprint records,  a  detailed  summary  of
 available  medical  records, psychiatric records and reports relating to
 assaults, or other violent acts, attempts at suicide or  escape  by  the
 incarcerated  individual  while in the custody of the local correctional
 facility; any such medical or psychiatric records in the possession of a
 health care provider other than the local correctional facility shall be
 summarized in detail and forwarded by such health care provider  to  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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