Bill Text: NY S04927 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the release of certain juvenile justice records.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S04927 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04927-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4927
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to juvenile justice
         records
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 372 of the social services law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 4-c to read as follows:
    3    4-C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, THE NEW YORK CITY
    4  ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES MAY RELEASE  RECORDS  OF  ARRESTS
    5  AND  CONVICTIONS,  HISTORIES  OF  ADMISSION  TO  SECURE  AND  NON-SECURE
    6  DETENTION FACILITIES, AND RECORDS OF BEHAVIOR IN SUCH FACILITIES, TO THE
    7  NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION UPON ITS REQUEST, FOR  ANY  INDI-
    8  VIDUAL  WHO  WAS  FORMERLY  IN THE CUSTODY OF THE NEW YORK CITY ADMINIS-
    9  TRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES OR A PREDECESSOR AGENCY AND WHO HAS BEEN
   10  ADMITTED INTO THE CUSTODY OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
   11  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
   12  ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES SHALL NOT RELEASE TO THE NEW YORK
   13  CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION ANY SUCH RECORD THAT IS DATED EARLIER THAN
   14  TEN  YEARS  PRIOR  TO  THE DATE OF SUCH REQUEST, EXCEPT THAT A RECORD OF
   15  ESCAPE OR ATTEMPTED ESCAPE MAY BE RELEASED REGARDLESS  OF  THE  DATE  OF
   16  SUCH  RECORD. RECORDS RELEASED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE
   17  REDISCLOSED EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AND UPON  THE  APPROVAL
   18  OF THE DEPARTMENT.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10698-01-3