Senate Bill S7646

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to establish discharge plans and reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals upon their discharge

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-S7646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8017
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §78, add §78-a, Cor L

2023-S7646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to establish discharge plans and reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals upon their discharge which includes housing needs, educational needs, employment needs, medical needs, and specific social service needs.

2023-S7646 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7646
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring the depart-
   ment of corrections and community supervision to  establish  discharge
   plans  and  reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals upon
   their discharge
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 78 of the correction law, as
 added  by section 81-b of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Discharge plans AND REENTRY SERVICES; JUVENILE OFFENDERS  AND  ADOLES-
 CENT OFFENDERS.
   §  2.  The  correction  law is amended by adding a new section 78-a to
 read as follows:
   § 78-A. DISCHARGE PLANS AND  REENTRY  SERVICES;  WRONGFULLY  CONVICTED
 INDIVIDUALS. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM:
   (A)  "WRONGFULLY  CONVICTED  INDIVIDUAL"  MEANS  A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
 CONVICTED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED TO BE INNOCENT OF  THE  CRIME  FOR
 WHICH THEY WERE CONVICTED.
   (B)  "DISCHARGE  PLAN" MEANS A PLAN DESCRIBING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
 WRONGFULLY CONVICTED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE REENTRY SERVICES
 UPON RELEASE FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
   (C) "REENTRY SERVICES" MEANS APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORT PLAN-
 NING OFFERED TO A WRONGFULLY CONVICTED INDIVIDUAL UPON RELEASE FROM  THE
 CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT
 OFFERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL AFTER THEIR RELEASE.
   2.  DISCHARGE  PLANS  AND REENTRY SERVICES. PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF AN
 ELIGIBLE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE  DEPARTMENT,  A
 DESIGNEE  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH NON-PROFIT
 PROVIDERS AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH WRONGFULLY CONVICTED  INDIVIDUAL,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11996-01-3
              

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