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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1353
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 services for inmates
          of state correctional facilities upon their release therefrom
 

          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 76 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  76.  Notice  of  transitional  services  for  inmates released from
     4  correctional facilities. 1. Prior to the release of  an  inmate  from  a
     5  correctional  facility,  the  department  shall provide such inmate with
     6  information on transitional services available in  the  county  or  city
     7  where  such  inmate  is scheduled to be released. Such information shall
     8  include referrals to programs designed to  promote  the  successful  and
     9  productive reentry and reintegration of an inmate into society including

    10  medical  and  mental  health  services,  HIV/AIDS services, educational,
    11  vocational and employment services, alcohol or substance abuse treatment
    12  and housing services. The department shall maintain a  current  list  of
    13  transitional  services  which  shall be updated no less than annually in
    14  order to effectuate the purposes of this section.
    15    2. The commissioner shall consult with, and be entitled to receive the
    16  assistance of, the commissioners of  education,  labor,  health,  mental
    17  health  and  the  office  of  temporary and disability assistance in the
    18  implementation of this section.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-

    21  ment  and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
    22  mentation of the foregoing section of this act on its effective date  is
    23  authorized to be made on or before such effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02153-01-3