New York A 6966: Relates to certain required disclosures upon the release of a juvenile or adolescent offender from an office of children and family services facility

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A06966 Summary:

BILL NOA06966 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03624

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SPONSORGallahan

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COSPNSRBailey

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §508, Exec L; amd §149, Cor L

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Relates to the required disclosure upon the release of a juvenile or adolescent offender from the custody of the office of children and family services of certain records that are necessary to ascertain the nature of such offender's conviction and would be beneficial in identifying and mitigating any risk that such offender could pose if released.

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BILL NOA06966 

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03/18/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6966

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the correction law, in relation to
 certain required disclosures by the office of children and family
 services upon the release or discharge of a juvenile offender or
 adolescent offender

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

 1 Section 1. Section 508 of the executive law is amended by adding two
 2 new subdivisions 10 and 11 to read as follows:
 3 10. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 4 where a juvenile offender or adolescent offender less than eighteen
 5 years of age is being released or discharged from the custody of the
 6 office following a term of commitment or placement imposed pursuant to a
 7 felony conviction, the office shall provide the department of
 8 corrections and community supervision with any and all records that are
 9 necessary to ascertain the nature of such offender's conviction and
 10 would be beneficial in identifying and mitigating any risk that such
 11 offender could pose to the community if released or discharged.
 12 11. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 13 thirty days prior to releasing a juvenile offender or adolescent offen-
 14 der, the office and the department of corrections and community super-
 15 vision shall notify the school district where such offender shall reside
 16 of such offender's scheduled release or discharge date and such
 17 offender's eligibility to enroll. To the extent authorized by federal
 18 law, prior to the release or discharge of such offender, the office
 19 shall provide such school district with any and all records that are
 20 necessary to ascertain the nature of such offender's conviction and
 21 would be beneficial in identifying and mitigating any risk that such
 22 offender could pose to such school district if released or discharged.
 23 § 2. Section 149 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of
 24 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 25 § 149. Released incarcerated individuals; notification to sheriff,
 26 police, and district attorney. 1. In the case of any incarcerated indi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08238-01-5

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 1 vidual convicted of a felony, it shall be the duty of the department, at
 2 least forty-eight hours prior to the release of any such incarcerated
 3 individual from a correctional facility, to notify the chief of police
 4 both of the city, town or village in which such incarcerated individual
 5 proposes to reside and of the city, town or village in which such incar-
 6 cerated individual resided at the time of [his or her] such incarcerated
 7 individual's conviction and the district attorney of the county where
 8 the offense for which the incarcerated individual is incarcerated was
 9 prosecuted, of the contemplated release of such incarcerated individual,
 10 informing such chief of police and the district attorney of the name and
 11 aliases of the incarcerated individual, the address at which [he or she]
 12 such incarcerated individual proposes to reside, the amount of time
 13 remaining to be