NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3115

Senate Bill S3115

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the divisions of parole and probation and correctional alternatives to train their officers in substance abuse; appropriation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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May 03, 2010	print number 3115a
May 03, 2010	amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
Jan 06, 2010	referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Mar 18, 2009	committee discharged and committed to crime victims, crime and correction
Mar 11, 2009	referred to finance

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2009-S3115 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Amd §§243 & 259-a, Exec L; amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L

2009-S3115 - Summary

Requires the director of the division of probation and the division of parole, subject to the authority of the chairman, to provide probation officers, and parole officers, respectively, with substance abuse training and education programs; provides that such training shall include, but not be limited to, identification of controlled substances; identification of the physical signs of substance abuse and use; an awareness of the impact of substance abuse and use on the family unit

2009-S3115 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3115

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law and the mental hygiene law, in
relation to requiring training for probation and parole officers in
substance abuse and making an appropriation therefor


 PURPOSE OF BILL :

To require that Parole and Probation officers receive specific
substance abuse training.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Amends Section 243 and 259-a of the Executive Law to require the
Director of the Division of Probation and the Division of Parole,
subject to the authority of the chairman, to provide probation
officers, and parole officers, respectively, with substance abuse
training and education programs. Such training shall include but not
be limited to identification of controlled substances; identification
of the physical signs of substance abuse/use; an awareness of the
impact of substance abuse/use on the family unit; and the availability
of drug treatment, prevention, education services, and appropriate
referrals. Requires such programs to be developed in conjunction with

the Division of Substance Abuse Services.

Amends Section 19.07 of the Mental Hygiene Law to require the Division
of Substance Abuse Services to develop a substance abuse training,
education program in conjunction with the Division of Parole and the
Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.

A January 5, 1988 article on New York State Prisons in the ALBANY
TIMES UNION stated that "more New York State inmates are serving time
on drug related convictions than for any other type of offense".
According to the State Department of Correctional Services, of the
approximately 40,000 inmates in State prisons, 8,261 inmates (over
20%) were serving sentences on drug-related charges. Many inmates,
upon release, return to the same environment where drug use/abuse
activity may have occurred. These individuals, inevitably, return to
the correctional system. It is important that Parole and Probation
officers be provided with substance abuse education training. This
training will help to decrease the recidivism rate of inmates through
the State's penal system and ensure that inmate's families receive
substance abuse services.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2003-04: S.640 - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
2001-02: S.4071 - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

1999-00:-S.2779 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1997-98:-S.1430 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1995-96: S.4l09 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1993-94: S.3544 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1991-92: S.4362 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1989-90: S.3609/A.8897 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :
Appropriate $500,000 to the Division of Substance Abuse Services.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S3115 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3115

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  HUNTLEY, DIAZ, ESPADA, HASSELL-THOMPSON, ONORATO,
  PERKINS, SAMPSON, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the  executive  law  and  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
  relation  to  requiring  training for probation and parole officers in
  substance abuse and making an appropriation therefor

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Section 243 of the executive law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. THE DIRECTOR SHALL PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING  AND  EDUCATION
PROGRAMS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED  TO:  IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; IDENTIFICATION OF
THE PHYSICAL SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE; AN AWARENESS AND  UNDERSTAND-
ING  OF  THE  IMPACT  OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE ON THE FAMILY UNIT; AND THE
AVAILABILITY OF DRUG  TREATMENT,  PREVENTION,  EDUCATION  SERVICES,  AND
APPROPRIATE  REFERRALS.  SUCH  PROGRAM SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
  S 2.  Section 259-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a  new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11.  THE DIVISION SHALL PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
PROGRAMS FOR PAROLE OFFICERS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
LIMITED  TO:  IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; IDENTIFICATION OF
THE PHYSICAL SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE; AN AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF
SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE ON THE FAMILY UNIT; AND  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  DRUG
TREATMENT,  PREVENTION,  EDUCATION  SERVICES, AND APPROPRIATE REFERRALS.
SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF  ALCO-
HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
  S  3.  Section  19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
new subdivision (h) to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07561-01-9

S. 3115                             2

  (H) THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES SHALL DEVEL-
OP A SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE
DIVISION OF PAROLE AND THE DIVISION OF PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTER-
NATIVES TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS PROVIDED IN
SECTIONS  TWO  HUNDRED  FORTY-THREE  AND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE
EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S 4. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or  so  much
thereof  as  may  be  necessary, is hereby appropriated to the office of
alcoholism and substance abuse services from any  moneys  in  the  state
treasury in the general fund to the credit of the state purposes account
not  otherwise appropriated for services and expenses of the said office
for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this  act.  Such  sum
shall  be  payable  on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on
vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of  said  office,  or
his  duly  designated  representative  in the manner provided by law. No
expenditure shall be made from this appropriation until a certificate of
approval of availability shall have been issued by the director  of  the
budget  and  filed  with the state comptroller and a copy filed with the
chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the  assem-
bly ways and means committee.  Such certificate may be amended from time
to  time by the director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment
shall be filed with the state comptroller, the chairman  of  the  senate
finance  committee  and  the  chairman  of  the  assembly ways and means
committee.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Amd §§243 & 259-a, Exec L; amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L

2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3115A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law and the mental hygiene law, in
relation to requiring training for probation and parole officers in
substance abuse and making an appropriation therefor


 PURPOSE OF BILL :

To require that Parole and Probation officers receive specific
substance abuse training.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Amends Section 243 and 259-a of the Executive Law to require the
Director of the Division of Probation and the Division of Parole,
subject to the authority of the chairman, to provide probation
officers, and parole officers, respectively, with substance abuse
training and education programs. Such training shall include but not
be limited to identification of controlled substances; identification
of the physical signs of substance abuse/use; an awareness of the
impact of substance abuse/use on the family unit; and the availability
of drug treatment, prevention, education services, and appropriate
referrals. Requires such programs to be developed in conjunction with

the Division of Substance Abuse Services.

Amends Section 19.07 of the Mental Hygiene Law to require the Division
of Substance Abuse Services to develop a substance abuse training,
education program in conjunction with the Division of Parole and the
Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.

A January 5, 1988 article on New York State Prisons in the ALBANY
TIMES UNION stated that "more New York State inmates are serving time
on drug related convictions than for any other type of offense".
According to the State Department of Correctional Services, of the
approximately 40,000 inmates in State prisons, 8,261 inmates (over
20%) were serving sentences on drug-related charges. Many inmates,
upon release, return to the same environment where drug use/abuse
activity may have occurred. These individuals, inevitably, return to
the correctional system. It is important that Parole and Probation
officers be provided with substance abuse education training. This
training will help to decrease the recidivism rate of inmates through
the State's penal system and ensure that inmate's families receive
substance abuse services.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2003-04: S.640 - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
2001-02: S.4071 - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

1999-00:-S.2779 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1997-98:-S.1430 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1995-96: S.4l09 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1993-94: S.3544 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1991-92: S.4362 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
1989-90: S.3609/A.8897 - Held in Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :
Appropriate $500,000 to the Division of Substance Abuse Services.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 3115--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  HUNTLEY, DIAZ, ESPADA, HASSELL-THOMPSON, ONORATO,
  PERKINS, SAMPSON, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- 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  executive  law  and  the mental hygiene law, in
  relation to requiring training for probation and  parole  officers  in
  substance abuse and making an appropriation therefor

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 243 of the executive law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5.  THE  DIRECTOR SHALL PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
PROGRAMS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO: IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES;  IDENTIFICATION  OF
THE  PHYSICAL SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE; AN AWARENESS AND UNDERSTAND-
ING OF THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE ON THE  FAMILY  UNIT;  AND  THE
AVAILABILITY  OF  DRUG  TREATMENT,  PREVENTION,  EDUCATION SERVICES, AND
APPROPRIATE REFERRALS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE  CONDUCTED  IN  CONJUNCTION
WITH THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
  S  2.    Section 259-a of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11. THE DIVISION SHALL PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND  EDUCATION
PROGRAMS  FOR  PAROLE  OFFICERS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO: IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES;  IDENTIFICATION  OF
THE PHYSICAL SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE; AN AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF
SUBSTANCE  ABUSE/USE  ON  THE  FAMILY UNIT; AND THE AVAILABILITY OF DRUG
TREATMENT, PREVENTION, EDUCATION SERVICES,  AND  APPROPRIATE  REFERRALS.
SUCH  PROGRAM SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF ALCO-
HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07561-02-0

S. 3115--A                          2

  S 3. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
  (I) THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES SHALL DEVEL-
OP  A SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
DIVISION OF PAROLE AND THE DIVISION OF PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTER-
NATIVES TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS PROVIDED IN
SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED FORTY-THREE AND TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY-NINE-A  OF  THE
EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S  4.  The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated  to  the  office  of
alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services from any moneys in the state
treasury in the general fund to the credit of the state purposes account
not otherwise appropriated for services and expenses of the said  office
for  the  purposes  of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such sum
shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the  state  comptroller  on
vouchers  certified  or  approved by the commissioner of said office, or
his duly designated representative in the manner  provided  by  law.  No
expenditure shall be made from this appropriation until a certificate of
approval  of  availability shall have been issued by the director of the
budget and filed with the state comptroller and a copy  filed  with  the
chairman  of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assem-
bly ways and means committee.  Such certificate may be amended from time
to time by the director of the budget and a copy of each such  amendment
shall  be  filed  with the state comptroller, the chairman of the senate
finance committee and the  chairman  of  the  assembly  ways  and  means
committee.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Bill Amendments

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2009-S3115 - Details

2009-S3115 - Summary

2009-S3115 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3115 - Bill Text download pdf

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2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3115A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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