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Senate Bill S5061A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a reintegration pilot program for individuals being released from correctional facilities

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2025-S5061 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3934
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §71-b, Cor L

2025-S5061 - Summary

Directs DOCCS, in collaboration with OTDA, OMH and OASAS, to establish a 5-year reintegration pilot program for individuals being released from correctional facilities to provide supports and services to prepare for release, assist with reintegration into the community, and reduce recidivism.

2025-S5061 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5061 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5061
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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, in relation to establishing a rein-
   tegration pilot program for individuals being  released  from  correc-
   tional facilities

   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  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 THAT INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES  RECEIVE  THE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES NECESSARY TO MEANINGFULLY
 PREPARE FOR THEIR RELEASE WHILE STILL INCARCERATED, TO  ASSIST  INDIVID-
 UALS TO REINTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY UPON RELEASE, AND TO REDUCE RECI-
 DIVISM.  SUCH  PILOT  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE CONDUCTED IN THREE CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES, CONSISTING OF 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  VOLUNTARY  BASIS REQUEST PLACEMENT IN THE PILOT
 PROGRAM UP TO ONE YEAR BEFORE  THEIR  EARLIEST  EXPECTED  RELEASE  DATE.
 EACH  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  RECEIVE AN IN-DEPTH SCREENING 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  SCREEN-
 ING  AND  ASSESSMENT,  PARTICIPANTS  IN  THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL ALSO BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05018-01-5
              

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2025-S5061A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3934
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §71-b, Cor L

2025-S5061A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs DOCCS, in collaboration with OTDA, OMH and OASAS, to establish a 5-year reintegration pilot program for individuals being released from correctional facilities to provide supports and services to prepare for release, assist with reintegration into the community, and reduce recidivism.

2025-S5061A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5061A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5061--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  CLEARE,  BRISPORT,  FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON,
   RAMOS, WEBB -- 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 commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a  rein-
   tegration  pilot  program  for individuals being released from correc-
   tional facilities
 
   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 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 THAT INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES RECEIVE THE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES NECESSARY  TO  MEANINGFULLY
 PREPARE  FOR  THEIR RELEASE WHILE STILL INCARCERATED, TO ASSIST INDIVID-
 UALS TO REINTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY UPON RELEASE, AND TO REDUCE RECI-
 DIVISM. SUCH PILOT PROGRAM SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED  IN  THREE  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES,  CONSISTING  OF 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 VOLUNTARY BASIS  REQUEST  PLACEMENT  IN  THE  PILOT
 PROGRAM  UP  TO  ONE  YEAR  BEFORE THEIR EARLIEST EXPECTED RELEASE DATE.
 EACH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL SHALL RECEIVE  AN  IN-DEPTH  SCREENING  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05018-03-6
              

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