Assembly Bill A3136

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts "Renee's law" to provide greater protection and disclosure to employees of facilities where juvenile delinquents and youthful offenders are placed

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A3136 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§501, 501-c, 504, 507-a, 510-c & 837, add §§501-i & 510, Exec L; amd §166, Fam Ct Act; amd §§720.35 & 725.15, CP L; amd §212, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A8450

2013-A3136 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Renee's Law"; directs the commissioner of children and family services to provide training to all employees of programs and facilities in which youth are placed or committed; grants access to office of children and family service records, juvenile delinquency records, youthful offender records and juvenile offender records of youth placed or committed to a facility, to staff members and employees who are exposed to such youth and to foster parents who take custody of such person after his or her release; grants courts and attorneys access to such records in any proceeding for the commission of a crime while a youth is in the custody of the office of children and family services

2013-A3136 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3136

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CORWIN, CERETTO -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the family court  act,  the  criminal
  procedure  law and the judiciary law, in relation to enacting "Renee's
  law"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Renee's law".
  S 2. Legislative findings  and  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby
finds  and  declares  that  it  is a fundamental purpose of this state's
juvenile justice system to provide a safe environment for both the resi-
dents and the staff of programs licensed, certified  and  registered  by
the  office  of  children  and  family services. The legislature further
finds that a safe environment is ensured by providing staff of  programs
licensed, certified and registered by such office with adequate training
and  that  this function is a primary responsibility of the commissioner
of children and family services to ensure. Ensuring the  safety  of  the
communities into which the youth are placed is paramount, requiring that
a youth be placed in appropriate locations to avoid preventable tragedy.
The  legislature finds that residents of programs and agencies licensed,
certified and registered by the office of children and  family  services
are  committing  serious  crimes  within  such  programs, and that these
crimes are not being reported to the proper authorities. The  provisions
of  this act provide a critical framework to improve and maintain safety
within such licensed,  certified  and  registered  programs,  non-profit
community  based  programs and communities throughout the state allowing
youths under the office of children and  family  services'  jurisdiction
the  ability to be rehabilitated and receive skills necessary to inhibit
recidivism.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07087-02-3

              

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