Assembly Bill A2461

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities

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Current 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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2023-A2461 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S207
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§158 & 209, Soc Serv L; amd §112, add §§500-q & 71-b, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10763, S8689
2021-2022: A7340, S6493, S8064

2023-A2461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities to ensure that such persons receive mental health and substance use disorder services, educational needs and job readiness services and housing assistance.

2023-A2461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2461
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, BURDICK, SIMON, DAVILA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services law and the correction law, in
   relation to programs, supports  and  services  for  individuals  being
   released from state and local correctional facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 158 of the social services law, as
 amended by section 1 of part U of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. (A) Social services officials shall determine eligibility for safe-
 ty  net  assistance  within  thirty days of receiving an application for
 safety net assistance. Such officials shall notify applicants of  safety
 net  assistance  about  the availability of assistance to meet emergency
 circumstances or to prevent eviction.
   (B) WHEN A  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  IS  IDENTIFIED  AS  THE
 DISTRICT  OF  RESIDENCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BEING RELEASED FROM A STATE OR
 LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, SUCH DISTRICT SHALL ACCEPT  AN  APPLICATION
 FOR SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S EARLIEST
 EXPECTED  RELEASE  DATE.    IN  THE  EVENT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT GRANTED
 PAROLE, HIS OR HER APPLICATION WILL BE  PLACED  ON  HOLD  STATUS  TO  BE
 RE-ACTIVATED  AND  GIVEN A PRIORITY RANK ONCE SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS GRANTED
 PAROLE AND AN OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IS KNOWN. THIS SPECIAL STATUS  SHALL
 BE  DEFINED  BY  PROCESS COMPLETION OF THE APPLICATION BY THE RESPECTIVE
 DISTRICT OFFICE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF  RECEIVING  THE  OFFICIAL  RELEASE
 DATE.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 209 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (iv) is a resident of the state and is either a citizen of the  United
 States  or is not a noncitizen who is or would be ineligible for federal
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01195-01-3
              

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