Senate Bill S2792

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to discharge planning to assist inmates in obtaining housing before release to community supervision

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction 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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2021-S2792 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7593
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4843, A6458
2023-2024: S3269

2021-S2792 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the department of correction and community supervision's role with respect to discharge planning to assist inmates in obtaining housing before release to community supervision.

2021-S2792 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2792 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2792
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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  the  department  of
   correction  and community supervision's role with respect to discharge
   planning to assist inmates in  obtaining  housing  before  release  to
   community supervision
 
   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  who are on community supervision to secure employ-
 ment, educational  or  vocational  training,  and  housing.    PRIOR  TO
 RELEASE,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSIST SUCH INMATES TO SECURE HOUSING BY
 ENGAGING IN ALL NECESSARY DISCHARGE PLANNING, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED
 TO  EXPLORING  ALL  TYPES OF HOUSING RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND POTENTIALLY
 AVAILABLE TO  THE  INMATE.  IN  EVERY  INSTANCE  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT'S
 DISCHARGE  PLANNING RESULTS IN RELEASE TO TEMPORARY HOUSING IN A SHELTER
 REGULATED PURSUANT TO 18 NYCRR PARTS 491 AND 900, THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 (A) REIMBURSE THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR THE COST OF PROVID-
 ING  SUCH  TEMPORARY  HOUSING  IN A SHELTER, (B) PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH DISCHARGE  THAT
 SHALL INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF ALL DISCHARGE PLANNING UNDERTAKEN FOR THE
 INDIVIDUAL  INMATE,  AND  (C) ONCE EVERY THIRTY DAYS FOLLOWING DISCHARGE
 UNTIL THE INMATE IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO PAROLE, PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT DESCRIBING ALL CONTINUING ASSISTANCE  THE
 DEPARTMENT  HAS  PROVIDED TO THE INMATE TO OBTAIN HOUSING THAT IS NOT TO
 TEMPORARY HOUSING IN A SHELTER REGULATED PURSUANT TO 18 NYCRR PARTS  491
 AND 900 AND DOES NOT VIOLATE THE TERMS OF THE INMATE'S PAROLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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