New York A 6990: Provides for money upon release for certain incarcerated individuals; appropriation

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A06990 Summary:

BILL NOA06990 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06222

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SPONSORGibbs

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COSPNSRTaylor, Cruz, Epstein, Walker, Cunningham, Lunsford, Meeks, Valdez, Davila, Kelles, Levenberg,
 Hooks, Gallagher, Wright, Hevesi, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §12, Cor L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Establishes the reentry assistance program; provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility; makes an appropriation of $25,000,000.

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BILL NOA06990 

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03/18/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6990

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the state finance law, in
 relation to providing for money upon release for certain incarcerated
 individuals; and making an appropriation therefor

 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 12 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 12. Reentry assistance program. 1. As used in this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Program" means the reentry assistance program established pursu-
 6 ant to subdivision two of this section.
 7 (b) "Eligible incarcerated individual" means an incarcerated individ-
 8 ual who is released from a state correctional facility after serving a
 9 minimum of six months who has not previously received money from the
 10 program.
 11 2. The commissioner shall develop a reentry assistance program that
 12 provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly
 13 stipend upon release from a state correctional facility.
 14 3. (a) Stipends paid to an eligible incarcerated individual pursuant
 15 to the program shall be no less than four hundred twenty-five dollars
 16 per month for a period of up to six months. The maximum aggregate
 17 amount any individual shall receive from the program is two thousand
 18 five hundred fifty dollars.
 19 (b) The dollar amounts in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be
 20 adjusted annually for inflation as determined from the increase in the
 21 consumer price index in the one year period ending on the March thirty-
 22 first prior to the cost-of-living adjustment effective on the ensuing
 23 September first.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10681-01-5

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 1 4. (a) The initial payment of a program stipend shall be made imme-
 2 diately upon release of the eligible incarcerated individual in the form
 3 of cash or a check. Such program stipend shall be in addition to any
 4 other funds to be paid or returned to such individual.
 5 (b) Subsequent program stipend payments shall be made on the first of
 6 each month by the community supervision agency responsible for such
 7 individual.
 8 5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to an incarcerated
 9 individual who is released to the custody of another state or the feder-
 10 al government.
 11 6. Stipend payments paid pursuant to the provisions of this section
 12 shall not be taken into consideration when determining eligibility or
 13 calculating the amount of benefits for any public assistance program.
 14 7. The department shall collect data on the number of incarcerated
 15 individuals participating in the program and issue a report on such data
 16 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker
 17 of the assembly annually.
 18 8. The commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations neces-
 19 sary for the implementation of this section.
 20 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to
 21 read as follows:
 22 § 99-ss. Reentry assistance fund. 1. A special fund to be known as the
 23 "reentry assistance fund" is hereby established in the custody of the
 2