Bill Text: NY S02376 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to transitional services for inmates released from state correctional facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S02376 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02376-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2376
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 76 of the correction law, as added by chapter 506
    2  of the laws of 2014, is amended to 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] INCLUDE programs designed to promote the success-
    9  ful  and  productive reentry and reintegration of an inmate into society
   10  including medical and mental health services, HIV/AIDS services,  educa-
   11  tional,  vocational  and employment services, alcohol or substance abuse
   12  treatment and housing services. The department shall maintain a  current
   13  list of transitional services which shall be updated [no less than annu-
   14  ally]  REGULARLY  in  order  to effectuate the purposes of this section.
   15  WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO AN  INMATE
   16  IN  CONTACTING  A  PROGRAM  OR  SERVICE  PROVIDER PRIOR TO SUCH INMATE'S
   17  RELEASE TO THE COMMUNITY.
   18    2. The commissioner shall consult with, and be entitled to receive the
   19  assistance of, the commissioners of  education,  labor,  health,  mental
   20  health  and  the  office  of  temporary and disability assistance in the
   21  implementation of this section.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
   23  manner as chapter 506 of the laws of 2014, takes effect.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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