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NY A05861
Bill
Status
3/1/2021
Primary Sponsor
David Weprin
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AI Summary
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Adds new Correction Law § 803-c to provide public health emergency time allowances for incarcerated individuals serving indeterminate or determinate sentences, excluding those with life sentences.
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Grants six months of remission for each month (or portion thereof) served during a governor-declared disaster emergency 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 total public health emergency allowances at twelve months of remission per 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
1/5/2022