Bill Text: NY A09255 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of inmates released from correctional facilities; appropriates $250,000 therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-29 - reported referred to ways and means [A09255 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09255-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9255
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 5, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to create a temporary state commission to study  and  investigate
          issues affecting reentry of inmates released from correctional facili-
          ties;  making  an appropriation therefor; 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.  A temporary state commission, to be known as the New York
     2  state criminal justice commission on reentry (hereinafter "commission"),
     3  is hereby created to study issues, including  relevant  statutes,  regu-
     4  lations  and  existing  programs involving reentry and re-integration of
     5  inmates released from  state  and  local  correctional  facilities.  The
     6  commission shall investigate all factors that impede successful re-inte-
     7  gration  into  society  and obviate the concept of a second chance.  The
     8  commission shall analyze the impact of existing policies  on  successful
     9  reentry, identify specific obstacles to re-integration and compare poli-
    10  cies  of this state to those of other states and the federal government.
    11  The commission shall collect data from state and  federal  agencies  and
    12  may analyze any current research deemed relevant and appropriate.
    13    §  2.  a. The commission shall consist of eighteen members as follows:
    14  three members shall be appointed by the speaker of the  assembly;  three
    15  members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; two
    16  members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and two
    17  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the  minority leader of the assembly.
    18  Members so appointed shall be representative of community based  provid-
    19  ers of employment, education, housing and other services needed by indi-
    20  viduals  returning  to  society from prison, criminal justice advocates,
    21  and academic professionals in the field of criminal justice. The remain-
    22  ing members shall be the heads of the following departments or  agencies
    23  or  their respective designees: the department of corrections and commu-
    24  nity supervision, the department of criminal justice services, the divi-
    25  sion of housing and community renewal,  the  department  of  labor,  the
    26  department  of  education,  the office of alcoholism and substance abuse
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02229-01-5
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