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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3550
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 8, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          Correction
 
        AN  ACT  in  relation to the examination of an incarcerated individual's
          re-entry planning; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
          upon expiration thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The office of temporary and disability assistance  and  the
     2  department of corrections and community supervision shall examine, eval-
     3  uate  and  make  recommendations on any current sanctions or barriers to
     4  re-entry to the community after a sentence of incarceration  that  exist
     5  in  statute,  law,  regulation, policy or practice of the state or local
     6  social services districts that have an impact on individuals prior to or
     7  after their release from incarceration.   The topics  examined  by  such
     8  office  and  department  shall,  include, but not be limited to any such
     9  sanctions or barriers to re-entry that may be  found  in  the  following
    10  areas:
    11    (a) Housing;
    12    (b) Medical;
    13    (c) Mental health counseling;
    14    (d) Substance abuse and addiction services;
    15    (e) Employment;
    16    (f) Benefits programs; and
    17    (g) Childcare services.
    18    § 2. The office of temporary and disability assistance and the depart-
    19  ment  of  corrections  and community supervision shall request and shall
    20  receive any available information from state and local agencies that are
    21  relevant and material to the study required by section one of this act.
    22    § 3. Within twelve months of the  effective  date  of  this  act,  the
    23  commissioner  of  the  office of temporary and disability assistance and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06304-01-9
        S. 3550                             2

     1  the commissioner of the department of corrections and  community  super-
     2  vision shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of
     3  the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the assembly, the minority leader of the
     4  senate  and  minority leader of the assembly and the chairs of the rele-
     5  vant committees in both the senate and assembly, on  such  office's  and
     6  such  department's  findings,  conclusions and recommendations and shall
     7  submit therewith such legislative  or  regulatory  proposals  as  deemed
     8  necessary to implement their recommendations.
     9    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    10  deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.