Senate Bill S1605

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the provision of criminal history background checks free of charge to mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2023-S1605 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §390-e, Soc Serv L; amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6023
2021-2022: S1488

2023-S1605 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the provision of criminal history background checks free of charge to mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations.

2023-S1605 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1605
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
   Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law and the executive law, in
   relation to the provision of criminal history background  checks  free
   of  charge  to  mentoring  programs  operated by not-for-profit corpo-
   rations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 390-e of the social services law,
 as added by chapter 459 of the laws of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4. Every mentoring program that chooses to apply for a criminal histo-
 ry background check with the division of criminal justice services shall
 obtain  a  set  of fingerprints from each individual for whom a criminal
 background check is to be completed and such  other  information  as  is
 required  by  the  office and the division of criminal justice services.
 For each prospective employee or mentor for whom the  mentoring  program
 completes  a  criminal  background  check,  the  mentoring program shall
 provide the applicant with blank fingerprint cards and a description  of
 how  the  completed fingerprint card will be used upon submission to the
 mentoring program. The mentoring program shall  promptly  transmit  such
 fingerprint  card and the processing fee to the office; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, IF THE MENTORING PROGRAM IS  OPERATED  BY  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPO-
 RATION,  NO  PROCESSING  FEE  SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
 CHECK. The office shall promptly submit the  fingerprint  card  and  the
 processing  fee,  IF  imposed pursuant to subdivision eight-a of section
 eight hundred thirty-seven of the executive  law,  to  the  division  of
 criminal justice services for its full search and retain processing.
   §  2.  Subdivision 8-a of section 837 of the executive law, as amended
 by chapter 561 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04792-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.