Bill Text: NY A09733 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certain information provided to incarcerated individuals upon their release, relating to the payment of funds required by section one hundred twenty-five of this article in the form of an electronic benefit transfer card.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-03 - referred to correction [A09733 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09733-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9733

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  certain  information
          provided to incarcerated individuals upon their release

          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 125-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 125-a. Notice of fees and charges  for  debit  cards  provided  upon
     4  release.  1.  For  the  purposes of this section, a "release debit card"
     5  shall mean the payment of funds required by section one hundred  twenty-
     6  five of this article in the form of an electronic benefit transfer card.
     7    2. Any financial institution that enters into a contract with New York
     8  state  to  issue  release debit cards shall provide a clear, understand-
     9  able, and detailed schedule of fees and charges with each  such  release
    10  debit card.
    11    3. Such schedule of fees shall:
    12    (a) be presented in a clear and conspicuous manner, be easily accessi-
    13  ble, and written in plain language;
    14    (b)  include,  but  shall not be limited to, fees for ATM use, balance
    15  inquiries, fund transfers, card replacement,  account  maintenance,  and
    16  customer service interactions;
    17    (c)  be  provided  in  physical  forms  as a separate document and, if
    18  feasible, electronic forms as a  separate  attachment  upon  the  card's
    19  issuance;
    20    (d) be available on the official website of the card provider; and
    21    (e) be provided in the six most common non-English languages spoken by
    22  individuals with limited-English proficiency in New York state;
    23    4. (a) Changes to the schedule of fees and charges shall occur no more
    24  frequently than once per year and shall be communicated to the cardhold-
    25  er at least sixty days before taking effect.
    26    (b)  Notification of changes to the schedule of fees and charges shall
    27  be made through physical means and, if feasible, electronic means.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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