Senate Bill S1016A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions closest to their children's home

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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-S1016 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A238
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §158, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6077, A8846
2013-2014: S2341, A7191
2017-2018: S3727, A1272
2019-2020: S724, A6710

2015-S1016 - Summary

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions and facilities closest to their children's home.

2015-S1016 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1016 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1016

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime
  and 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
              

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2015-S1016A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A238
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §158, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6077, A8846
2013-2014: S2341, A7191
2017-2018: S3727, A1272
2019-2020: S724, A6710

2015-S1016A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions and facilities closest to their children's home.

2015-S1016A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1016A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1016--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  AVELLA,  KRUEGER  --  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 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,
WHENEVER PRACTICABLE THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE  SUCH  PERSON  IN  THE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR FACILITY WHICH IS LOCATED IN CLOSEST PROXIM-
ITY  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 APPRO-
PRIATE  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 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00748-03-6

              

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