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NY A04949
Bill
Status
2/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Gibbs
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AI Summary
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Creates a 9-member advisory board within the Department of Corrections to develop emergency management release plans for state correctional facilities during declared state disaster emergencies
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Advisory board membership includes the Corrections Commissioner, Health Commissioner, Homeland Security Director, two formerly incarcerated individuals, a correctional officers' union member, emergency planning expert, correctional health specialist, and an attorney appointed by the Attorney General
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Establishes eligibility criteria for emergency release consideration including: terminally ill, mentally ill, or disabled individuals; those over 55 years old; pregnant individuals; primary caregivers; those who completed 50% or more of their sentence; and those within 18 months of sentence completion
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Requires the advisory board to visit each correctional facility at least once every three years and issue initial recommendations within 6 months, with annual updates thereafter
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Mandates the department provide the governor, advisory board, and legislature with emergency release plans within 48 hours of a declared emergency, including certification of releases and estimated fiscal savings to the state
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
1/7/2026