NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8741

Senate Bill S8741

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to integrating community supervision programs into an individual's schedule

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

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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Actions

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2018	committed to rules
Jun 05, 2018	advanced to third reading
Jun 04, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 31, 2018	1st report cal.1475
May 10, 2018	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- May 31, 2018 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S8741
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 31, 2018
      
      aye (11)
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Tedisco
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming

2017-S8741 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7605
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §201, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S1698, A5104
2021-2022: S643, A6977

2017-S8741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to integrating community supervision programs into an individual's employment, educational or vocational training schedule.

2017-S8741 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8741

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
integrating community supervision programs into an individual's employ-
ment, educational or vocational training schedule

 
PURPOSE:

To permit parolees who are gainfully employed to attend required
programs outside of their work hours.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Correction Law § 201 (5) Section 2 provides an effec-
tive date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Persons released from prison to community supervision are often required

to take substance abuse treatment and other rehabilitative programs.

People on community supervision also usually hold down jobs or enroll in
school or training programs. Parolees who maintain employment are far
less likely to recidivate than parolees who do not work. When a parolee
is able to secure gainful employment, it is important to ensure that he
or she is able to work while completing necessary programs.

This bill would require DOCCS to allow an employed parolee to take such
programs during non-working hours, such as nights and weekends, rather
than continuing the current practice of requiring them to miss days at
work and risk being fired in order to participate in programs during the
business day. Many programs offer their services on days, nights and
weekends, or would do so in order to respond to the needs of their
clients. Requiring parolees to quit or lose their jobs in order to
attend programming violates one of the fundamental purposes of parole
supervision which is to help parolees secure employment and become
productive members of society. This bill provides DOCCS with flexibility
but makes it clear that it must make accommodations to ensure both
programs and employment are prioritized.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2017-S8741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8741
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 integrating community
   supervision programs into an individual's employment,  educational  or
   vocational training schedule

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 201  of  the  correction  law,  as
 added  by section 32 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   5. The department shall assist inmates eligible for  community  super-
 vision  and  [inmates]  INDIVIDUALS  who are on community supervision to
 secure employment, educational or vocational training, and housing.  ANY
 PROGRAM THE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES A PERSON  ON  COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION  TO
 TAKE AS A CONDITION OF SUCH SUPERVISION SHALL NOT UNREASONABLY INTERFERE
 WITH SUCH PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHED-
 ULE UNLESS SUCH PROGRAM IS A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11376-02-7

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