New York A 5955: Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations

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A05955 Summary:

BILL NOA05955 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05976

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SPONSORDilan

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COSPNSRShimsky, Davila, Burroughs, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations.

Go to top A05955 Actions:

BILL NOA05955 

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02/25/2025referred to correction

03/25/2025reported referred to ways and means

05/20/2025reported referred to rules

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA05955 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORRECTION Chair:Dilan 
DATE:03/25/2025AYE/NAY:9/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DilanAyeDiPietroExcused

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

BurdickAyeDeStefanoNay

KellesAyeBeephanNay

EpsteinAye

GibbsAye

MeeksAye

LevenbergAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:25/10 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaNay

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

BenedettoAyePalmesanoNay

WeprinAyeWalshNay

RamosAyeDeStefanoNay

BraunsteinAyeManktelowNay

McDonaldAyeSmullenNay

RozicAyeGiglioNay

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Go to topA05955 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05955 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5955

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Correction

 AN ACT authorizing a study by the New York state department of
 corrections and community supervision to study the treatment of aging
 prison populations and make recommendations for ensuring humane treat-
 ment of such populations

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The department of corrections and community supervision
 2 shall undertake a study of the treatment, conditions and prevalence of
 3 aging prison populations and what plans, if any, such department has to
 4 provide for this increasing segment of incarcerated individuals. The
 5 study shall include but not be limited to the following:
 6 (a) a profile of the current elderly incarcerated individual popu-
 7 lation and statistics relating to its demographics including length and
 8 type of sentence, age at parole eligibility, race, gender, region of
 9 commitment, commitment crime and any other data that may describe such
 10 population;
 11 (b) projected populations for elderly incarcerated individuals for the
 12 next five, ten and twenty years;
 13 (c) factors contributing to the growth in the number and proportion of
 14 elderly incarcerated individuals;
 15 (d) whether, and to what extent, older prison populations are being
 16 provided with adequate or specialized housing, medical care, and
 17 specialized programs that respond to their unique needs and vulnerabili-
 18 ties, such as the need for wheelchair accessibility or accommodations
 19 relating to diminished mental or physical capacity, including a profile
 20 of such housing, medical care and programs currently provided to elderly
 21 incarcerated individuals and a projection of such provisions that will
 22 be needed five, ten and twenty years hence;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10074-01-5

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 1 (e) provision of specialized training for corrections officers working
 2 with older incarcerated individuals including what training is currently
 3 provided; and
 4 (f) a profile of classification and facilities assigned to such incar-
 5 cerated individuals including what institutional oversight, if any,
 6 exists to ensure the welfare of older incarcerated individuals within
 7 each correctional facility.
 8 § 2. The department of corrections and community supervision shall
 9 make a report to the governor and the legislature of the information
 10 required under section one of this act, its findings and conclusions,
 11 and any legislative recommendations it deems necessary no later than one