Bill Text: NY S04639 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


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) 2020-03-10 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S04639 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04639-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         4639--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 19, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
          Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
          Correction in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        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

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10861-02-0

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     1  will  be released from a state correctional facility to a county outside
     2  the city of New York.
     3    4.  The  program  shall  include, but not be limited to, the following
     4  components:
     5    (a) geriatric assessment and discharge planning to  assess  individual
     6  needs and develop individualized release plans;
     7    (b)  parole  board  interview  preparation including identification of
     8  approved residences; and
     9    (c) case management to connect participants  to  appropriate  housing,
    10  medical  and  behavioral health care, benefits, employment, and services
    11  available through senior centers, and provide ongoing support.
    12    5. The commissioners of the city of New York departments of health and
    13  mental hygiene, homeless services and social services and county commis-
    14  sioners of health, mental health, and social  services  shall  cooperate
    15  with  the  commissioner,  as  well  as the office of minority health, in
    16  furtherance of the program provided for in this section.
    17    6. The department may, subject to available  appropriations,  contract
    18  with  a non-profit entity for the performance of the functions set forth
    19  in this section.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law.
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