NY A03110

Expands eligibility for the merit time allowance program to nearly all incarcerated individuals serving sentences of one year or more, removing previous exclusions for violent felony offenses, A-I felonies, manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide

Maintains merit time ineligibility only for those convicted of murder in the first degree, sex offenses (Article 130), incest, child exploitation offenses (Article 263), terrorism, aggravated harassment of a correctional employee, or attempts/conspiracies to commit these offenses

Expands qualifying achievements for merit time to include: completing a GED or semester of college coursework, finishing treatment programs (substance abuse, anger management, parenting), completing vocational training, performing six months in skilled job assignments, earning 18 college credits, or completing 400 hours of community work crew service

Repeals Section 803-b of the correction law relating to limited credit time allowances for incarcerated individuals

Takes effect 90 days after becoming law and applies retroactively to persons currently serving sentences as well as those sentenced after the effective date