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                                   1623
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law,  in relation to establishing a
   program for elderly inmates who are under community supervision or who
   will be released from a state correctional facility

   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 211
 to read as follows:
   § 211. REENTRY FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTAB-
 LISH A REENTRY FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM USING EXISTING FUNDS  FOR  ADULTS
 OVER  FIFTY YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR WHO WILL
 BE RELEASED FROM A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF  MINORITY
 HEALTH,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 AND MENTAL HYGIENE, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK  DEPARTMENT
 OF  HOMELESS  SERVICES  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND  LOCAL  STAKEHOLDERS  SUCH  AS  SENIOR
 CENTERS  AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTA-
 TION AND COORDINATION OF PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED FOR IN  THIS  SECTION
 FOR  PARTICIPANTS  WHO  ARE ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR WILL BE RELEASED
 FROM A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   3. THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  COUNTY  DEPARTMENTS  OF
 HEALTH,  MENTAL  HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
 SUCH AS COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, SHALL BE  RESPONSI-
 BLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION OF PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED
 FOR IN THIS SECTION FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR
 WILL  BE RELEASED FROM A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO A COUNTY OUTSIDE
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   4. THE PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE  FOLLOWING
 COMPONENTS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05400-01-3
              

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   (A)  GERIATRIC  ASSESSMENT AND DISCHARGE PLANNING TO ASSESS INDIVIDUAL
 NEEDS AND DEVELOP INDIVIDUALIZED RELEASE PLANS;
   (B)  PAROLE  BOARD  INTERVIEW  PREPARATION INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF
 APPROVED RESIDENCES; AND
   (C) CASE MANAGEMENT TO CONNECT PARTICIPANTS  TO  APPROPRIATE  HOUSING,
 MEDICAL  AND  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, BENEFITS, EMPLOYMENT, AND SERVICES
 AVAILABLE THROUGH SENIOR CENTERS, AND PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT.
   5. THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND
 MENTAL HYGIENE, HOMELESS SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND COUNTY COMMIS-
 SIONERS OF HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SOCIAL  SERVICES  SHALL  COOPERATE
 WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER,  AS  WELL  AS THE OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH, IN
 FURTHERANCE OF THE PROGRAM PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
   6. THE DEPARTMENT MAY, SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE  APPROPRIATIONS,  CONTRACT
 WITH  A NON-PROFIT ENTITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNCTIONS SET FORTH
 IN THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.