Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assistance program prior to release and assistance in applying for such programs; requires officials to seek waivers from the USDA for eligibility for such program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5265
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, WEBB -- 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 screening incarcerat-
ed individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program prior to release
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 619-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 619-a. Supplemental nutrition access program screening. It shall be
4 the duty of an official of any institution under the jurisdiction of the
5 commissioner to cooperate with an authorized agency of the department of
6 social services to screen incarcerated individuals for eligibility for
7 the supplemental nutrition access program pursuant to section ninety-
8 five of the social services law thirty days prior to release and to
9 assist such eligible individuals in applying for such program. Such
10 official, in cooperation with the authorized agency, shall seek any
11 necessary waivers from the United States department of agriculture to
12 suspend the three-month time limit for individuals in areas without work
13 and to ensure that incarcerated individuals have one year of eligibility
14 upon release.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06100-01-5
