Assembly Bill A10770

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits emergency medical parole during a time of crisis

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2019-A10770 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8498
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §259-t, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4361, S2780
2023-2024: A6483, S1969

2019-A10770 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits emergency medical parole during a time of crisis to those that have a disability and who are at serious risk for death, disease or other harm due to an emergency disaster being declared provided such person has a reasonably stable living situation upon release and does not pose an unreasonable current public safety risk.

2019-A10770 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10770
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Weprin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  permitting  emergency
   medical parole during a time of crisis
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  259-t
 to read as follows:
   § 259-T. EMERGENCY MEDICAL PAROLE DURING A TIME OF CRISIS. 1. DURING A
 STATE  DISASTER  EMERGENCY,  AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER
 WHICH PLACES THE LIVES, HEALTH OR WELL-BEING  OF  VULNERABLE  PEOPLE  IN
 CUSTODY AT RISK, THE BOARD SHALL RELEASE TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION ANYONE
 IN  CUSTODY WHO HAS A DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND
 WHO  IS  AT  SERIOUS  RISK  FOR DEATH, DISEASE OR OTHER HARM DUE TO SUCH
 EMERGENCY PROVIDED SUCH PERSON HAS A REASONABLY STABLE LIVING  SITUATION
 UPON  RELEASE  AND  DOES  NOT POSE AN UNREASONABLE CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY
 RISK.
   2. ANY INDIVIDUAL RELEASED UNDER THESE EMERGENCY  CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL
 REMAIN  UNDER  COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, UNLESS SUCH SUPERVISION IS REVOKED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY-NINE-I  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  FOR  THE  REMAINDER OF THEIR SENTENCE OR UNTIL SUCH TIME
 THAT THE COMMISSIONER DECIDES IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TERMINATE SUCH SUPER-
 VISION PURSUANT TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIVE
 OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16590-01-0

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