A04646 Summary:

BILL NOA04646
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORCamara (MS)
 
COSPNSRCastro
 
MLTSPNSRBoyland, Jeffries, Saladino
 
Add S72-c, Cor L; amd S390.30, CP L; add S837-s, Exec L; amd S70.06, add S220.78, Pen L
 
Establishes a program of drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration for eligible low level, non-violent drug offenders as provided for herein; provides for licensing of programs and criteria therefor; upon satisfactory completion of course of treatment the court imposed sentence of conditional discharge shall be terminated; appropriates $21,000,000 to the division of criminal justice services; creates a class C felony of "operating an illegal drug enterprise".
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A04646 Actions:

BILL NOA04646
 
02/04/2011referred to correction
01/04/2012referred to correction
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A04646 Floor Votes:

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A04646 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4646
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 4, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CAMARA, CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BOYLAND, JEFFRIES, SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law,  the  criminal  procedure  law,  the
          executive  law  and  the  penal  law, in relation to establishing drug

          treatment alternatives to incarceration  for  certain  offenders;  and
          making an appropriation therefor
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section  72-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  72-c.  Substance  abuse  treatment alternative programs for certain
     4  offenders. 1. The  commissioner,  the  commissioner  of  alcoholism  and
     5  substance  abuse services, the chairperson of the division of parole and
     6  the director of the office of probation  and  correctional  alternatives
     7  shall  identify  and  enter  into  agreements with residential substance
     8  abuse, alcohol abuse, substance  dependency  and/or  alcohol  dependency

     9  treatment  programs  to  provide  for the care and treatment of eligible
    10  offenders pursuant to section 70.06 of the penal law.
    11    2. The programs shall either be licensed by the office  of  alcoholism
    12  and  substance  abuse  services  or shall be approved by the division of
    13  parole or the office of probation  and  correctional  alternatives.  Any
    14  program  that  is not licensed by the office of alcoholism and substance
    15  abuse services shall provide treatment services in accordance  with  all
    16  but not limited to the following criteria:
    17    (a)  reliance  upon traditional self-help techniques and programs such
    18  as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous;
    19    (b) notwithstanding any other provision of law, provide counseling  by

    20  successfully  recovering substance abusers abstaining from their depend-
    21  ency for at least two years;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03948-01-1

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     1    (c) provide for group living so long as required for the treatment  of
     2  the offenders;
     3    (d) provide daily counseling for at least the first ninety days;
     4    (e) provide life-skills teaching; and
     5    (f) provide for detoxification services and health-care.
     6    3.  Upon  the  satisfactory completion of the course of treatment, the

     7  eligible offender shall have the court imposed sentence  of  conditional
     8  discharge terminated in accordance with the provisions of section 410.90
     9  of the criminal procedure law.
    10    4.  Offenders  assigned  to  a  program shall be sentenced as a second
    11  felony offender in accordance with the provisions of subdivision two  of
    12  section  70.06 of the penal law and shall be committed to the custody of
    13  the department if the court determines:
    14    (a) that the offender absconded from  the  substance  abuse  treatment
    15  alternative program;
    16    (b)  that the confinement of an offender in the substance abuse treat-
    17  ment alternative program is no longer suitable because it endangers  the
    18  safety, security or order of such treatment facility; or

    19    (c)  that  the  offender  violated  the  terms  and  conditions of the
    20  sentence.
    21    § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 390.30 of the  criminal
    22  procedure law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 1985, is amended to
    23  read as follows:
    24    (a) The report of the pre-sentence investigation must contain an anal-
    25  ysis  of as much of the information gathered in the investigation as the
    26  agency that conducted the investigation deems relevant to  the  question
    27  of  sentence.    Where  appropriate, the report must include a treatment
    28  plan including but not  limited  to  a  listing  of  available  licensed
    29  substance abuse programs by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse
    30  services  or  a program approved by the division of parole or the office

    31  of probation and correctional alternatives to provide for the  care  and
    32  treatment  of  offenders  sentenced in accordance with the provisions of
    33  subdivision two of section 70.06 of the penal law.  The report must also
    34  include any other [imformation] information that the court directs to be
    35  included and the material required by paragraph (b) of this  subdivision
    36  which shall be considered part of the report.
    37    §  3.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 837-s to
    38  read as follows:
    39    §  837-s.  Substance  abuse  treatment  alternative  program;  special
    40  provisions.  1. In counties with five hundred or less eligible offenders
    41  participating in  substance  abuse  treatment  alternative  programs  as

    42  established  pursuant  to  section  seventy-two-c of the correction law,
    43  such county shall utilize the enforcement mechanism provided herein. The
    44  commissioner of the division of criminal justice services  shall  estab-
    45  lish  a  unit  within  the  division of parole to work with the district
    46  attorney of such county and the treatment programs for  the  purpose  of
    47  locating,  apprehending  and  rearresting  offenders  who have absconded
    48  from, or violated the terms  and  conditions  of  conditional  discharge
    49  during participation in a substance abuse treatment alternative program.
    50    2.  In  counties  with five hundred or more eligible offenders partic-
    51  ipating in substance abuse treatment alternative programs as established

    52  pursuant to section seventy-two-c of the correction  law,  the  district
    53  attorney  of such county shall apply to the commissioner of the division
    54  of criminal justice services for funds to establish a unit to work  with
    55  the  treatment  programs  for  the purpose of locating, apprehending and
    56  rearresting offenders who have absconded from, or violated the terms and

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     1  conditions of conditional discharge during participation in a  substance
     2  abuse treatment alternative program.
     3    §  4.  Subdivision  2 of section 70.06 of the penal law, as amended by
     4  section 38 of chapter 7 of the laws of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
     5  follows:

     6    2.  Authorized  sentence.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision [five
     7  or] six of this section, or as provided in subdivision five  of  section
     8  70.80  of  this  article,  when  the  court  has  found, pursuant to the
     9  provisions of the criminal procedure law, that  a  person  is  a  second
    10  felony  offender  the  court  must  impose  an indeterminate sentence of
    11  imprisonment. The maximum term of such sentence must  be  in  accordance
    12  with the provisions of subdivision three of this section and the minimum
    13  period  of  imprisonment  under such sentence must be in accordance with
    14  subdivision four of  this  section.    However,  in  cases  involving  a
    15  conviction  of  a class D or E felony as defined in articles two hundred
    16  twenty and two hundred twenty-one of this chapter, otherwise subject  to

    17  sentence under this section, where the predicate offense did not subject
    18  the  offender  to  a sentence pursuant to the provisions of: (A) section
    19  70.02 of this article, (B) an A-I felony offense,  (C)  manslaughter  in
    20  the  second degree, vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, vehicu-
    21  lar manslaughter in the first degree, and criminally negligent  homicide
    22  as  defined in article one hundred twenty-five of this chapter, (D) rape
    23  in the second degree, rape in the third degree, criminal sexual  act  in
    24  the  second  degree, criminal sexual act in the third degree,  attempted
    25  sexual abuse in the first degree, attempted rape in  the  second  degree
    26  and  attempted  criminal  sexual  act in the second degree as defined in

    27  articles one hundred ten and one hundred thirty  of  this  chapter,  and
    28  where  it  is determined that: (i) extended institutional confinement is
    29  not necessary for the protection of the public; (ii) the offender is  in
    30  need  of treatment to recognize, modify and eliminate a substance abuse,
    31  alcohol abuse, substance dependency and/or alcohol dependency; (iii) the
    32  offender did not have substantial  proprietary  or  other  authoritative
    33  control  of  an enterprise dedicated to the unlawful manufacture or sale
    34  or distribution of a controlled substance or marihuana;  and  (iv)  such
    35  disposition  is not inconsistent with the ends of justice, the court may
    36  impose a sentence of conditional discharge pursuant to section 65.05  of
    37  this title.

    38    (b)  In  accordance with the provisions of article four hundred ten of
    39  the criminal procedure law, the court may impose such a sentence on  the
    40  condition  that  the offender participate in a substance abuse treatment
    41  alternative program for a specified time pursuant  to  section  seventy-
    42  two-c of the correction law.
    43    (c)  Upon  completion of a course of treatment, the court shall termi-
    44  nate the sentence in accordance with the provisions of section 410.90 of
    45  the criminal procedure law. If the court determines  that  the  offender
    46  absconded from the substance abuse treatment alternative program or that
    47  the  sentence is no longer suitable because it endangers the safety, the

    48  security or order of such treatment facility or that the offender other-
    49  wise violates the terms and conditions of the sentence, the sentence may
    50  be revoked. Upon revocation, the offender shall be sentenced as a second
    51  felony offender pursuant to this subdivision.
    52    (d) The court shall conduct an ongoing evaluation of the program.  The
    53  court  shall  undertake  studies  in  conjunction  with  the  office  of
    54  probation and correctional alternatives, the  division  of  parole,  the
    55  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance abuse services to ensure that the
    56  programmatic objectives are met.

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     1    § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 70.06 of the penal law,  as  amended  by

     2  section  39  of  chapter  7  of  the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. Authorized sentence. (a) Except [as provided in subdivision five of
     5  this  section,  or]  as provided in subdivision five of section 70.80 of
     6  this article, when the court has found, pursuant to  the  provisions  of
     7  the  criminal  procedure  law, that a person is a second felony offender
     8  the court must impose an indeterminate  sentence  of  imprisonment.  The
     9  maximum  term of such sentence must be in accordance with the provisions
    10  of subdivision three of this section and the minimum period of imprison-
    11  ment under such sentence must be in accordance with subdivision four  of
    12  this  section.  However, in cases involving a conviction of a class D or
    13  E felony as defined in articles two hundred twenty and two hundred twen-

    14  ty-one of  this  chapter,  otherwise  subject  to  sentence  under  this
    15  section,  where  the predicate offense did not subject the offender to a
    16  sentence pursuant to the provisions of: (A) section 70.02 of this  arti-
    17  cle,  (B)  an A-I felony offense, (C) manslaughter in the second degree,
    18  vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, vehicular  manslaughter  in
    19  the  first degree, and criminally negligent homicide as defined in arti-
    20  cle one hundred twenty-five of this chapter,  (D)  rape  in  the  second
    21  degree,  rape  in  the  third  degree, criminal sexual act in the second
    22  degree, criminal sexual act in the third degree,  attempted sexual abuse
    23  in the first degree, attempted rape in the second degree  and  attempted

    24  criminal  sexual  act  in  the  second degree as defined in articles one
    25  hundred ten and one hundred thirty of this  chapter,  and  where  it  is
    26  determined that: (i) extended institutional confinement is not necessary
    27  for the protection of the public; (ii) the offender is in need of treat-
    28  ment  to  recognize,  modify  and  eliminate  a substance abuse, alcohol
    29  abuse, substance dependency and/or alcohol dependency; (iii) the  offen-
    30  der  did not have substantial proprietary or other authoritative control
    31  of an enterprise dedicated  to  the  unlawful  manufacture  or  sale  or
    32  distribution  of  a  controlled  substance  or  marihuana; and (iv) such
    33  disposition is not inconsistent with the ends of justice, the court  may

    34  impose  a sentence of conditional discharge pursuant to section 65.05 of
    35  this title.
    36    (b) In accordance with the provisions of article four hundred  ten  of
    37  the  criminal procedure law, the court may impose such a sentence on the
    38  condition that the offender participate in a substance  abuse  treatment
    39  alternative  program  for  a specified time pursuant to section seventy-
    40  two-c of the correction law.
    41    (c) Upon completion of a course of treatment, the court  shall  termi-
    42  nate the sentence in accordance with the provisions of section 410.90 of
    43  the  criminal  procedure  law. If the court determines that the offender
    44  absconded from the substance abuse treatment alternative program or that

    45  the sentence is no longer suitable because it endangers the safety,  the
    46  security or order of such treatment facility or that the offender other-
    47  wise violates the terms and conditions of the sentence, the sentence may
    48  be revoked. Upon revocation, the offender shall be sentenced as a second
    49  felony offender pursuant to this subdivision.
    50    (d)  The court shall conduct an ongoing evaluation of the program. The
    51  court  shall  undertake  studies  in  conjunction  with  the  office  of
    52  probation  and  correctional  alternatives,  the division of parole, the
    53  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services  to  ensure  that  the
    54  programmatic objectives are met.
    55    §  6.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.78 to read
    56  as follows:

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     1  § 220.78 Operating an illegal drug enterprise.
     2    A  person is guilty of operating an illegal drug enterprise when he or
     3  she knowingly  and  unlawfully  has  substantial  proprietary  or  other
     4  authoritative  control  of an enterprise dedicated to the unlawful manu-
     5  facture, sale or distribution of a controlled substance or marihuana.
     6    Operating an illegal drug enterprise is a class C felony.
     7    § 7. The sum of twenty-one million dollars ($21,000,000), or  so  much
     8  thereof  as  may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the division of
     9  criminal justice services in  consultation  and  coordination  with  the
    10  commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the chairperson

    11  of  the  division of parole, and the director of the office of probation
    12  and correctional alternatives out of any moneys in the state treasury in
    13  the general fund to the credit of the state purposes account not  other-
    14  wise  appropriated,  for  carrying out the provisions of this act.  Such
    15  sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the  state  comptroller
    16  on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of the division of
    17  criminal  justice services, or his or her duly designated representative
    18  in the manner provided by law. No expenditure shall be  made  from  this
    19  appropriation until a certificate of approval of availability shall have
    20  been issued by the director of the budget and filed with the state comp-
    21  troller  and  a  copy  filed  with the chairperson of the senate finance
    22  committee and the chairperson of the assembly ways and means  committee.

    23  Such certificate may be amended from time to time by the director of the
    24  budget  and  a copy of each such amendment shall be filed with the state
    25  comptroller, the chairperson of the senate  finance  committee  and  the
    26  chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee.
    27    § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    28  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law; provided that the
    29  amendments to subdivision 2 of section 70.06 of the penal  law  made  by
    30  section  four  of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever-
    31  sion of such subdivision pursuant to section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws
    32  of 1995, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section  five
    33  of this act shall take effect.
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