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NY A11082
Bill
Status
10/7/2020
Primary Sponsor
David Weprin
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AI Summary
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Creates a new section 803-c of the Correction Law to establish public health emergency allowances for incarcerated individuals serving indeterminate or determinate sentences, excluding those serving life sentences.
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Grants six months of sentence remission for each month (or portion thereof) served during a gubernatorial disaster emergency declaration in response to a communicable or infectious disease that modifies correctional facility operations.
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Excludes individuals serving sentences for sex offenses under Penal Law Article 130 from receiving public health emergency allowances.
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Caps public health emergency allowances at twelve months of remission for any single public health emergency.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to public health emergency allowances against sentences for certain incarcerated individuals; allows up to twelve months of public health emergency allowances to be given to incarcerated individuals during a public health crisis.
Last Action
referred to correction
10/7/2020