Bill Text: NY S01284 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for notice by commissioner of correctional services of availability of medical, educational and other services, including alcohol and substance abuse treatment, to prisoners upon their release from state prison.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S01284 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01284-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1284
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
         Correction
       AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to services for inmates
         of state correctional facilities upon their release therefrom
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 76 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  76.  NOTICE  OF  TRANSITIONAL  SERVICES  FOR  INMATES RELEASED FROM
    4  CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF  AN  INMATE  FROM  A
    5  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL PROVIDE SUCH INMATE WITH
    6  INFORMATION ON TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN  THE  COUNTY  OR  CITY
    7  WHERE  SUCH  INMATE  IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL
    8  INCLUDE REFERRALS TO PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO  PROMOTE  THE  SUCCESSFUL  AND
    9  PRODUCTIVE REENTRY AND REINTEGRATION OF AN INMATE INTO SOCIETY INCLUDING
   10  MEDICAL  AND  MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICES,  HIV/AIDS SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL,
   11  VOCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
   12  AND HOUSING SERVICES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A  CURRENT  LIST  OF
   13  TRANSITIONAL  SERVICES  WHICH  SHALL BE UPDATED NO LESS THAN ANNUALLY IN
   14  ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
   15    2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSULT WITH, AND BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE
   16  ASSISTANCE OF, THE COMMISSIONERS OF  EDUCATION,  LABOR,  HEALTH,  MENTAL
   17  HEALTH  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN THE
   18  IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION. THE DIVISION OF PAROLE SHALL ASSIST  THE
   19  DEPARTMENT  IN  ANY  MANNER  NECESSARY  TO  ENSURE THAT THE PURPOSES AND
   20  OBJECTIVES OF THIS SECTION ARE EFFECTIVELY ACCOMPLISHED.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   22  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   23  ment  and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
   24  mentation of the foregoing section of this act on its effective date  is
   25  authorized to be made on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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