 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8958
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enrolling inmates into
          programs
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 259-l of  the  executive  law,  as
     2  amended  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the correction law
     3  and the executive law relating to enrolling inmates  into  programs,  as
     4  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  5494-A  and A. 6353-B, is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    1. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of corrections and  commu-
     7  nity  supervision  to  ensure  that  all  officers  and employees of the
     8  department shall at all times cooperate with the  board  of  parole  and
     9  shall  furnish  to  such members of the board and employees of the board
    10  such information as may be appropriate to enable them to  perform  their
    11  independent  decision  making  functions.  It is also his or her duty to
    12  ensure that the functions of the board of parole are not hampered in any
    13  way, including but not limited to: a restriction of resources  including
    14  staff  assistance; limited access to vital information; and presentation
    15  of inmate information in a manner that may inappropriately influence the
    16  board in its decision making.  Where an inmate has appeared  before  the
    17  board  prior to having completed any program assigned by the department,
    18  and such program remains incomplete by no fault of the inmate, and where
    19  the board has denied such inmate release pursuant to  paragraph  (a)  of
    20  subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of this article, the
    21  department shall prioritize such inmate's [immediate] placement into the
    22  assigned program.
    23    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    24  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the correction law and
    25  the executive law  relating  to  enrolling  inmates  into  programs,  as
    26  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers S. 5494-A and A. 6353-B, takes
    27  effect.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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