New York S 4520: Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to the community

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S04520 Summary:

BILL NOS04520 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, KAVANAGH, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §77, amd §78, Cor L

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Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to the community.

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BILL NOS04520 

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/08/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4520

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, KAVANAGH, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- 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 the role of the
 department of corrections and community supervision in planning and
 facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to
 the community

 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 77 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 77. Discharge plans. 1. (a) Prior to the release or discharge of an
 4 incarcerated individual from a correctional facility, the department
 5 shall provide a comprehensive discharge plan for such individual. Such
 6 plan shall include planning for such individual's mental health needs,
 7 medical care, housing, employment and any substance use disorder
 8 services. Such discharge plan shall be prepared in consultation with
 9 non-profit providers and in conjunction with such incarcerated individ-
 10 ual to ensure the comprehensive discharge plan is appropriate and well-
 11 coordinated. No later than seven days prior to release or discharge,
 12 such discharge plan shall be provided to the incarcerated individual for
 13 whom it was prepared and to the non-profit providers that assisted in
 14 its preparation. The discharge plan and all coordinated services are
 15 voluntary unless otherwise required by law. Any personal identifying
 16 information shared with providers to coordinate the discharge planning
 17 and relevant services shall be shared only with the informed and volun-
 18 tary written consent of the incarcerated individual for whom the
 19 discharge plan is prepared.
 20 (b) The department shall begin preparing the plan required by para-
 21 graph (a) of this subdivision no later than forty-five days prior to an
 22 incarcerated individual's release or discharge from a correctional
 23 facility and shall complete the plan no later than seven days prior to
 24 such individual's release or discharge.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00277-01-5

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 1 (c) For those incarcerated individuals who are to be released or
 2 discharged from a correctional facility less than forty-five days after
 3 the effective date of this section, the department shall begin preparing
 4 the plan required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision immediately and
 5 make best efforts to complete such plan prior to such incarcerated indi-
 6 vidual's release or discharge.
 7 (d) The plan required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall
 8 further include an assessment of such incarcerated individual's access
 9 to housing and any preparation necessary for such individual's success-
 10 ful transition to adequate and stable housing. If the department deter-
 11 mines that an incarcerated individual does not have access to adequate
 12 and stable housing, the department shall, upon release of such individ-
 13 ual, obtain for such individual a placement in adequate and stable hous-
 14 ing that is not a shelter. Such adequate and stable housing may include,
 15 but not be limited to, permanent, transitional, supportive or voluntary
 16 residential tre