New York S 6297: Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of certain documents

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S06297 Summary:

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Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of any documents needed to apply for identification cards, including, but not limited to, an incarcerated individual's social security card and birth certificate.

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03/10/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6297

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 providing for auto-
 matic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and
 assistance with obtaining copies of certain documents

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

 1 Section 1. Section 11 of the correction law, as added by section 1 of
 2 part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 11. Identification card program. 1. For purposes of this section,
 4 "identification card" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
 5 four hundred ninety of the vehicle and traffic law.
 6 2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of motor
 7 vehicles, shall develop a program that would [allow] automatically
 8 provide incarcerated individuals without an identification card, or
 9 incarcerated individuals who have not been issued a driver's license or
 10 learner's permit by the commissioner of motor vehicles, or incarcerated
 11 individuals whose driver's license or learner's permit is expired,
 12 suspended, revoked or surrendered, or incarcerated individuals whose
 13 identification card is expired, [to obtain] with an identification card
 14 prior to the incarcerated individual's release from an institution or
 15 correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the department or upon
 16 the individual's release from an institution or correctional facility
 17 under the jurisdiction of the department at the option of the incarcer-
 18 ated individual.
 19 3. The sentence and commitment or certificate of conviction of an
 20 incarcerated individual shall be deemed sufficient to grant authori-
 21 zation to the department of corrections and community supervision to
 22 assist an incarcerated individual in an institution or correctional

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10077-01-5

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 1 facility under the jurisdiction of such department to apply for and
 2 obtain an identification card from the department of motor vehicles.
 3 4. (a) Prior to an incarcerated individual's release from an institu-
 4 tion or correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the department,
 5 the department shall notify the incarcerated individual, verbally and in
 6 writing, of such identification card program. The department shall also
 7 document that they offered to assist the incarcerated individual in
 8 obtaining an identification card and if such incarcerated individual
 9 declined. The department shall make diligent efforts to ensure that an
 10 incarcerated individual is provided with an identification card, if
 11 requested, prior to or upon the release of such individual from an
 12 institution or correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the
 13 department. Such efforts shall include assisting incarcerated individ-
 14 uals with obtaining copies of any documents needed to apply for iden-
 15 tification cards. Such documents shall include, but not be limited to,
 16 an incarcerated individual's social security card and birth certificate.
 17 (b) If an identification card is obtained with the assistance of the
 18 department for an i