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NY S07281
Bill
Status
12/7/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jamaal Bailey
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 114 of the Correction Law to shift responsibility from individual wardens to the Commissioner of Corrections to ensure female inmates statewide have access to rehabilitation programs comparable to those provided to male inmates.
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Modifies the scope from requiring equivalent programs "within the appropriation made therefor" at individual facilities to requiring "an array of rehabilitation programs" across correctional facilities housing female inmates.
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Changes the effective date of the 2017 rehabilitation programs law from sixty days after enactment to one year after enactment.
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Authorizes the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions on or before the effective date.
Legislative Description
Amends the effective date of a chapter of 2017 relating to rehabilitation programs for female inmates to require that female inmates are provided an array of programs comparable to those provided to male inmates.
Last Action
SIGNED CHAP.372
12/7/2018