Senate Bill S8216

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Replaces instances of the words inmate or inmates with the words incarcerated individual or incarcerated individuals

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9273 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S8216 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9273
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Cor L, generally; amd §§259-h & 259-i, Exec L; amd §101.00, Loc Fin L; amd §10.03, Ment Hyg L; amd §60.05, Pen L; amd §3502, Pub Health L; amd §194, Soc Serv L; amd §§9-143, 9-149, 9-154, 9-156, 408.1.1 & E106.4.8, NYC Ad Cd

2021-S8216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Replaces instances of the words inmate or inmates with the words incarcerated individual or incarcerated individuals.

2021-S8216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8216
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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, the executive law, the local finance
   law, the mental hygiene law, the penal law, the public health law, the
   social  services  law  and  the administrative code of the city of New
   York, in relation to  replacing  instances  of  the  words  inmate  or
   inmates  with  the words incarcerated individual or incarcerated indi-
   viduals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  18  of  section 45 of the correction law, as
 added by chapter 432 of the laws of 2021, is renumbered  subdivision  19
 and is amended to read as follows:
   19.  Establish  standards  and  guidelines for a program of medication
 assisted treatment for  [inmates]  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  in  county
 jails  and/or  county  correctional facilities equivalent to the program
 established in state correctional facilities  pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred  twenty-six of this chapter and submit an annual report consist-
 ent with the requirements of subdivision three of such section.
   § 2. Section 49 of the correction law, as added by chapter 557 of  the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  49.  Commission  on prison education. There is hereby established a
 commission on prison education comprised of nine members who shall study
 and develop a plan for improving education in the state  prison  system.
 The  commission  on  prison education shall consider and investigate the
 following factors when determining education improvements: the impact on
 an [inmate's] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL'S  employment  opportunities  upon
 release  from  prison, the impact on an [inmate's] INCARCERATED INDIVID-
 UAL'S reintegration into society and the effectiveness in reducing reci-
 divism. Appointments to the task force shall be made as  follows:  three
 by the governor; two by the speaker of the assembly; one by the minority
 leader of the assembly; two by the temporary president of the senate and
 one  by  the  minority  leader  of  the senate. The commission on prison
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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