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Jan 08, 2014 |
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May 07, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A7191
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROZIC
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
Ellen C. Jaffee
Matthew Titone
Walter T. Mosley
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
James F. Brennan
Barbara Clark
Carl Heastie
2013-A7191 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A7191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7191 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 7, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring the depart- ment of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions and facilities closest to their children's home THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 158 of the correction law is designated subdivision 1 and two new subdivisions 2 and 3 are added to read as follows: 2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, IN DETERMINING PLACEMENT FOR A PERSON IN CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE SUCH PERSON IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR FACILITY WHICH IS LOCATED IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE PRIMARY PLACE OF RESIDENCE OF SUCH PERSON'S MINOR CHILD OR CHILDREN AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PLACEMENT IS SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE AND WOULD FACILITATE INCREASED CONTACT BETWEEN SUCH PERSON AND HIS OR HER CHILD OR CHILDREN AND IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SUCH CHILD OR CHILDREN. 3. TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER SUCH PLACEMENT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SUCH CHILD OR CHILDREN, PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR ASSESS- ING SUCH PLACEMENT SHALL BE DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES AND THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, IF SUCH PERSON HAS MORE THAN ONE CHILD, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE A SEPARATE DETERMINATION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD. S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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