Bill Text: NY A03974 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the office of temporary and disability assistance and the department of corrections and community supervision to examine and make recommendations on current sanctions placed by the state and local social services districts on individuals prior to and after their release from incarceration as part of the individual's re-entry planning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-19 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [A03974 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03974-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3974
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SEPULVEDA, GOTTFRIED, BLAKE, BRONSON, CRESPO,
          RODRIGUEZ, RICHARDSON, MOSLEY, CAHILL, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.   COOK, HYNDMAN, SIMON --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Correction
        AN  ACT  in  relation to the examination of an incarcerated individual's
          re-entry planning; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
          upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The office of temporary and disability assistance  and  the
     2  department of corrections and community supervision shall examine, eval-
     3  uate  and  make  recommendations on any current sanctions or barriers to
     4  re-entry to the community after a sentence of incarceration  that  exist
     5  in  statute,  law,  regulation, policy or practice of the state or local
     6  social services districts that have an impact on individuals prior to or
     7  after their release from incarceration.   The topics  examined  by  such
     8  office  and  department  shall,  include, but not be limited to any such
     9  sanctions or barriers to re-entry that may be  found  in  the  following
    10  areas:
    11    (a) Housing;
    12    (b) Medical;
    13    (c) Mental health counseling;
    14    (d) Substance abuse and addiction services;
    15    (e) Employment;
    16    (f) Benefits programs; and
    17    (g) Childcare services.
    18    § 2. The office of temporary and disability assistance and the depart-
    19  ment  of  corrections  and community supervision shall request and shall
    20  receive any available information from state and local agencies that are
    21  relevant and material to the study required by section one of this act.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 3. Within twelve months of the  effective  date  of  this  act,  the
     2  commissioner  of  the  office of temporary and disability assistance and
     3  the commissioner of the department of corrections and  community  super-
     4  vision shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of
     5  the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the assembly, the minority leader of the
     6  senate and minority leader of the assembly and the chairs of  the  rele-
     7  vant  committees  in  both the senate and assembly, on such office's and
     8  such department's findings, conclusions and  recommendations  and  shall
     9  submit  therewith  such  legislative  or  regulatory proposals as deemed
    10  necessary to implement their recommendations.
    11    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    12  deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.