Bill Text: NY A07103 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7103 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-16 - SIGNED CHAP.670 [A07103 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07103-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7103
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 8, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- 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.
    22    §  3.  Within  twelve  months  of  the effective date of this act, the
    23  commissioner of the office of temporary and  disability  assistance  and
    24  the  commissioner  of the department of corrections and community super-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06304-01-9

        A. 7103                             2
     1  vision shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of
     2  the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the  minority  leader  of  the
     3  senate  and  minority leader of the assembly and the chairs of the rele-
     4  vant  committees  in  both the senate and assembly, on such office's and
     5  such department's findings, conclusions and  recommendations  and  shall
     6  submit  therewith  such  legislative  or  regulatory proposals as deemed
     7  necessary to implement their recommendations.
     8    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     9  deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.