Bill Text: NY A09586 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to study gender disparity in resources provided to incarcerated individuals and make a report to the governor and the legislature of his or her findings, conclusions and recommendations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-13 - reported referred to rules [A09586 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A09586-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9586 IN ASSEMBLY March 22, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT directing the commissioner of corrections and community super- vision to study gender disparity in resources provided to incarcerated individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of corrections and community supervision 2 is authorized and directed to study gender disparity in resources 3 provided to incarcerated individuals. Such study shall include, but not 4 be limited to: 5 (a) what resources are made available to incarcerated individuals; 6 (b) the amount of such resources made available to incarcerated indi- 7 viduals of each gender; 8 (c) the reasons for any disparities found between the amount of 9 resources made available to incarcerated individuals of each gender; 10 (d) recommendations on actions that may be taken to resolve any 11 disparities found between the amount of resources made available to 12 incarcerated individuals of each gender; and 13 (e) any other related information that the commissioner may deem 14 necessary or relevant in carrying out this study. 15 § 2. The commissioner of corrections and community supervision shall 16 make a report to the governor and the legislature of his or her find- 17 ings, conclusions and recommendations no later than one year after the 18 effective date of this act and shall submit with this report such legis- 19 lative proposals as they deem necessary to implement their recommenda- 20 tions. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13071-01-3