Senate Bill S2934

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2934
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 mental hygiene law and the
   social services law, in relation to  restricting  sex  offenders  from
   residing in a community residence for the mentally disabled
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 168-c of the correction law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. NO SEX OFFENDER RELEASED OR DISCHARGED FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
 ITY,  HOSPITAL  OR  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY OR PLACED ON PROBATION
 SHALL RESIDE IN A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF  THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   §  2.  Section  168-f of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. A SEX OFFENDER, AFTER HIS OR HER  DISCHARGE,  PAROLE  OR  RELEASE
 FROM  ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HOSPITAL OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
 OR WHO HAS BEEN PLACED ON PROBATION AND WHO HAS ESTABLISHED A  RESIDENCE
 SHALL NOT CHANGE SAID RESIDENCE SO AS TO RESIDE IN A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE
 FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   §  3.  Section  168-k of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. A SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE IN THIS STATE PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT RESIDE IN A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE AS DEFINED  IN
 SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   §  4.  Section  41.44 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (d-1) to read as follows:
   (D-1) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DENY SEX OFFENDERS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW, ADMISSION  TO  RESIDEN-
 TIAL CARE CENTERS FOR ADULTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  5.  Paragraph  1  of subdivision (a) of section 10.11 of the mental
 hygiene law, as amended by section 118-e of subpart B of part C of chap-
 ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) Before ordering the release of a person to a regimen of strict and
 intensive  supervision and treatment pursuant to this article, the court
 shall order that the department of corrections and community supervision
 recommend supervision  requirements  to  the  court.  These  supervision
 requirements,  which shall be developed in consultation with the commis-
 sioner, may include but need not be limited to, electronic monitoring or
 global positioning satellite tracking for an appropriate period of time,
 polygraph monitoring, specification of residence or type [or]  OF  resi-
 dence, prohibition of contact with identified past or potential victims,
 strict  and  intensive  supervision  by  a parole officer, and any other
 lawful and necessary conditions that may be imposed by a court.   RECOM-
 MENDATIONS  REGARDING RESIDENCE OR TYPE OF RESIDENCE SHALL NOT INCLUDE A
 COMMUNITY RESIDENCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER. In addi-
 tion, after consultation with the psychiatrist,  psychologist  or  other
 professional  primarily  treating the respondent, the commissioner shall
 recommend a specific course of treatment.  A  copy  of  the  recommended
 requirements  for supervision and treatment shall be given to the attor-
 ney general and the respondent and his or her counsel a reasonable  time
 before the court issues its written order pursuant to this section.
   § 6. Subdivision 8 of section 20 of the social services law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICES OFFICIALS SHALL NOT PLACE  ANY  SEX  OFFENDER,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW, IN A COMMUNITY
 RESIDENCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.