Assembly Bill A4522

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to commencing a study on the relationship between the corrections system and the child welfare system

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4522 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9972
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง30, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4695
2013-2014: A2992
2017-2018: A1040
2019-2020: A2205
2021-2022: A3383, A9841
2023-2024: A657

2015-A4522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to commencing a study on the relationship between the corrections system and the child welfare system.

2015-A4522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4522

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CLARK, SCARBOROUGH, MOSLEY, COOK -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.    BUTLER,  CAMARA,  CORWIN,  CROUCH,  GOTTFRIED,
  HIKIND, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to commencing a study on
  the  relationship between the corrections system and the child welfare
  system

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

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 30 to
read as follows:
  S  30. INMATE STUDY. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY ON INMATES' PRIOR INVOLVEMENT  WITH  CHILD  WELFARE  AND  JUVENILE
SYSTEMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  (A)  PREVIOUS PLACEMENT IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE, SPECIFYING TYPE OF PLACE-
MENT: FOSTER CARE, KINSHIP FOSTER  CARE,  SECURE  DETENTION  FACILITIES,
NON-SECURE  DETENTION  FACILITIES, GROUP HOMES OR OTHER AUTHORIZED AGEN-
CIES OR FACILITIES OPERATED OR LICENSED BY THE OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
FAMILY SERVICES;
  (B) THE APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF SUCH PERIOD OF PLACEMENT;
  (C) THE AGE OF THE INMATE DURING SUCH PERIOD OF PLACEMENT;
  (D) THE ETHNIC BACKGROUND OF THE INMATE; AND
  (E) THE INMATE'S GENDER.
  2.  AS  PART  OF  THE  STUDY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONDUCT SURVEYS ON
CURRENT INMATES IN STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
THE SURVEY SHALL BE BASED ON A RANDOM  SAMPLE  OR  OTHER  SCIENTIFICALLY
APPROPRIATE  SAMPLE  OF  NOT LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF ALL STATE, COUNTY,
AND MUNICIPAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THE CONFIDENTIALITY  OF  EACH  SURVEY
PARTICIPANT  BY USING SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRES AND OTHER SIMILAR
SURVEY METHODS, WHICH WILL ENSURE THE RESPONDENT'S ANONYMITY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08603-01-5

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