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NY S00309
Bill
Status
6/5/2024
Primary Sponsor
Julia Salazar
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AI Summary
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Creates a nine-member advisory board within the Department of Corrections to develop emergency management release plans for use during state disaster emergencies declared by executive order.
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Advisory board composition includes the corrections commissioner, health commissioner, director of homeland security and emergency services, two formerly incarcerated individuals, three governor-appointed members (including a correctional officer and emergency planning expert), and an attorney specializing in incarcerated individuals' rights.
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Requires the department to develop facility-based emergency release plans within one year of receiving advisory board recommendations, with annual updates, identifying incarcerated individuals eligible for emergency release based on specified criteria.
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Establishes eligibility criteria for emergency release including medical vulnerability, terminal or mental illness, age over 55, primary caregiver status, pregnancy, completion of 50% or more of minimum sentence, or sentence completion within 18 months.
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Requires the department to notify the governor, advisory board, and legislature within 48 hours of a declared disaster emergency with certification of releases made, identities of released individuals, and estimated fiscal savings.
Legislative Description
Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.
Last Action
referred to correction
6/5/2024