What's happening
This bill requires incarcerated parents in New York to be placed in correctional facilities closest to their children's residence whenever possible.
Why it matters
Prioritizes maintaining family bonds. by making it easier for children of incarcerated parents to visit and stay connected, which research shows can reduce trauma for children and support parental rehabilitation.
Requires individualized consideration. for each child of an incarcerated parent, ensuring that proximity decisions take into account the best interests of each minor child, not just administrative convenience.
Mandates oversight and transparency. with annual reporting on how often incarcerated parents are placed near their children, reasons for denials, and the number of parents declining such placements, making the system more accountable to lawmakers and the public.
Involves child welfare experts. by requiring that placement decisions are made using criteria developed with the Office of Children and Family Services, aiming to balance security concerns with child and family welfare.
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Keep Parents Near Kids
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 25
45 Co-sponsors
- Marcos Crespo
- Richard Gottfried
- Jeffrion Aubry
- Didi Barrett
- Michael Blake
- Maritza Davila
- Patricia Fahy
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- Walter T. Mosley
- N. Nick Perry
- Linda Rosenthal
- Carmen De La Rosa
- Jo Anne Simon
- David Weprin
- Dan Quart
- Michael DenDekker
- Catalina Cruz
- Anthony D'Urso
- William Colton
- Felix Ortiz
- Inez E. Dickens
- Jose Rivera
- Nader Sayegh
- Alicia Hyndman
- Vivian Cook
- Deborah Glick
- Karines Reyes
- Jaime R. Williams
- David McDonough
- Thomas Abinanti
- Tremaine Wright
- Nathalia Fernandez
- Taylor Darling
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Al Taylor
- Jake Ashby
- Harvey Epstein
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Pamela J. Hunter
- Charles Barron
- Steven Otis
- Latoya Joyner
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Ron Kim
- Charles Fall
History
- Signed chap.355
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 49–11
- 3rd reading cal.220
- Substituted for S724A
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.244
- Advanced to third reading cal.428
- Reported
Show 3 earlier actions
- Print number 6710a
- Amend and recommit to correction
- Referred to correction
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Keep Parents Near Children
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Velmanette Montgomery
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6710--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, CRESPO, GOTTFRIED, AUBRY, BARRETT, BLAKE, DAVILA, FAHY, JAFFEE, MOSLEY, PERRY, L. ROSENTHAL, DE LA ROSA, SIMON, WEPRIN, QUART, DenDEKKER, CRUZ, D'URSO, COLTON, ORTIZ, DICKENS, RIVERA, SAYEGH, HYNDMAN, COOK, GLICK, REYES, WILLIAMS, McDONOUGH, ABINANTI, WRIGHT, FERNANDEZ, RAYNOR, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR, ASHBY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions and facilities closest to their children's home
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 72-c to read as follows:
§ 72-c. Placement of individuals with children. 1. In determining placement for a person in custody of the department, whenever practicable the commissioner shall place such person in the correctional institution or facility which is located in closest proximity to the primary place of residence of such person's minor child or children as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section two of the social services law, provided that such placement is suitable and appropriate, would facilitate increased contact between such person and his or her child or children, is in the best interest of such child or children, and the incarcerated parent gives his or her consent to such placement.
2. To make a determination about whether such placement is in the best interest of such child or children, procedures and criteria for assessing such placement shall be developed by the department in consultation with the office of children and family services. If such person has more
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than one child, the department shall make a separate determination for each individual child.
3. The department shall submit an annual report regarding the implementation of this section to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and minority leader of the assembly as well as to the chairs of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction and the assembly standing committee on correction. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of incarcerated persons who are parents of minor children, the aggregate number of incarcerated parents by county of commitment, the number of incarcerated parents who are placed in a correctional facility in closest proximity to their children pursuant to this section, the location of such facilities, the number of incarcerated parents for whom proximal placement was not provided, a general explanation of the reasons that such placement was not provided which shall not include any identifying information, and the amount of incarcerated parents who declined such placement pursuant to this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
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