Bill Text: NY A11010 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes a program for adults over fifty who are under community supervision or who will be released from a state correctional facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-09 - referred to correction [A11010 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A11010-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11010

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    September 9, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Joyner) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
          program for elderly inmates who are under community supervision or who
          will be released from a state correctional facility

          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  210
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 210. Reentry for the elderly program. 1. The department shall estab-
     4  lish  a  reentry for the elderly program using existing funds for adults
     5  over fifty years of age who are under community supervision or who  will
     6  be released from a state correctional facility.
     7    2.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the office of minority
     8  health, the commissioner of the city of New York  department  of  health
     9  and  mental hygiene, the commissioner of the city of New York department
    10  of homeless services and the  commissioner  of  the  city  of  New  York
    11  department  of  social  services  and  local stakeholders such as senior
    12  centers and service providers, shall be responsible for the  implementa-
    13  tion  and  coordination of program services provided for in this section
    14  for participants who are on community supervision or  will  be  released
    15  from a state correctional facility to the city of New York.
    16    3.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  county  departments of
    17  health, mental health and social services, and with  local  stakeholders
    18  such  as county senior centers and service providers, shall be responsi-
    19  ble for the implementation and coordination of program services provided
    20  for in this section for participants who are on community supervision or
    21  will be released from a state correctional facility to a county  outside
    22  the city of New York.
    23    4.  The  program  shall  include, but not be limited to, the following
    24  components:
    25    (a) geriatric assessment and discharge planning to  assess  individual
    26  needs and develop individualized release plans;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10861-03-0

        A. 11010                            2

     1    (b)  parole  board  interview  preparation including identification of
     2  approved residences; and
     3    (c)  case  management  to connect participants to appropriate housing,
     4  medical and behavioral health care, benefits, employment,  and  services
     5  available through senior centers, and provide ongoing support.
     6    5. The commissioners of the city of New York departments of health and
     7  mental hygiene, homeless services and social services and county commis-
     8  sioners  of  health,  mental health, and social services shall cooperate
     9  with the commissioner, as well as the  office  of  minority  health,  in
    10  furtherance of the program provided for in this section.
    11    6.  The  department may, subject to available appropriations, contract
    12  with a non-profit entity for the performance of the functions set  forth
    13  in this section.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law.
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