NY A02694

Division of parole must develop and implement sex offender treatment programs using protocols from the Office of Sex Offender Management, with sufficient staffing to enroll all supervised persons convicted of sex offenses defined in Articles 130 and 263 or Penal Law sections 255.25-255.27, with participation required for at least one year.

All persons under parole, conditional release, or post-release supervision for sex felonies must receive a minimum of six face-to-face supervision contacts and six collateral contacts per month for the full term of supervision.

Level three sex offenders whose offense involved a victim under sixteen years of age must be subject to mandatory electronic monitoring for such period as the division determines necessary, unless the division finds it inappropriate in an individual case.

Courts must require electronic monitoring for the probationary term of level three sex offenders convicted of sex offenses against victims under sixteen years of age.

Courts must impose mandatory sex offender treatment programs lasting a minimum of one year and mandatory supervision of at least six face-to-face and six collateral contacts per month as conditions of probation for sex offenders.