Bill Text: NY A02162 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2162 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires foster care records of inmate to be sent to correctional facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A02162 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02162-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2162
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON, HYNDMAN, BICHOTTE, AUBRY -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to persons received into
          the custody of the department of correctional services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 71 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. When a person is committed to the custody  of  the  department  and
     4  such  person  has  a previous history of being in the foster care system
     5  pursuant to the social services law the department shall obtain a record
     6  of said foster care including but not limited to what  age  said  person
     7  entered foster care and for what period of time he or she was under said
     8  care.  A  copy  of said records shall be made available and delivered to
     9  any correctional facility where said person is incarcerated.  A  correc-
    10  tional  facility  for purposes of this subdivision shall include a juve-
    11  nile detention facility.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04501-01-9