Bill Text: NY A09972 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to commencing a study on the relationship between the corrections system and the child welfare system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-02 - referred to correction [A09972 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09972-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9972
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to commencing a study on
          the relationship between the corrections system and the child  welfare
          system
          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 30 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 30. Inmate study. 1. The commissioner shall conduct a  comprehensive
     4  study  on  inmates'  prior  involvement  with child welfare and juvenile
     5  systems, including but not limited to:
     6    (a) previous placement in out-of-home care, specifying type of  place-
     7  ment:  foster  care,  kinship  foster care, secure detention facilities,
     8  non-secure detention facilities, group homes or other  authorized  agen-
     9  cies  or  facilities  operated or licensed by the office of children and
    10  family services;
    11    (b) the approximate length of such period of placement;
    12    (c) the age of the inmate during such period of placement;
    13    (d) the ethnic background of the inmate; and
    14    (e) the inmate's gender.
    15    2. As part of the study the  commissioner  shall  conduct  surveys  on
    16  current inmates in state, county, and municipal correctional facilities.
    17  The  survey  shall  be  based on a random sample or other scientifically
    18  appropriate sample of not less than ten percent of  all  state,  county,
    19  and municipal correctional facilities.
    20    3.  The  commissioner  shall ensure the confidentiality of each survey
    21  participant by using self-administered questionnaires and other  similar
    22  survey methods, which will ensure the respondent's anonymity.
    23    4. An inmate shall be deemed to have given his or her informed consent
    24  only  if  he  or  she  is informed in writing of the potential risks and
    25  benefits of the study.
    26    5. The commissioner shall make a written report  on  the  relationship
    27  between  the  corrections  system  and  the  child welfare system to the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08603-01-5
        A. 9972                             2
     1  governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the  assembly
     2  of its findings, conclusions and recommendations on or before June thir-
     3  tieth  of  the  year  next succeeding the year in which this subdivision
     4  shall take effect.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     6  have become a law.