S65-2011 Actions

• Mar 12, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Feb 21, 2012: NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
• Dec 21, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 65A
• Dec 21, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
• Feb 28, 2011: NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

S65-2011 Meetings

S65-2011 Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S65

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in
relation to establishing a juvenile justice smart investment program
for the purpose of reducing juvenile justice placements through
program modifications and services


 PURPOSE OF THE BILL :
To reinvest savings from reduced reliance on juvenile justice
facilities in the Juvenile Justice Smart Investment Program.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill amends the executive law allowing for savings
from the reduced costs of maintaining juvenile justice facilities in
the juvenile justice smart investment program. The fund can only be
used to fund programs and services for youth which avert institutional
placements.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Justice report recommends that
savings from juvenile justice facility closures be reinvested in the
juvenile justice system, where it can be utilized to address the needs
of those same children.

Many of the youth who are placed in juvenile justice facilities are
not there because they represent a risk to public safety- indeed, the
majority of these youth have been convicted of misdemeanor offenses.
These youth have been placed in these facilities because there are not
adequate social service or mental health resources available to them
in their communities. As New York transitions away from an over
reliance on costly institutional placements, we should reinvest the
funds in programs that have demonstrated success in addressing the
needs of these youth.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
Passed the Senate Committee on Children and Families on February 26,
2010; Referred to and died in Senate Finance on March 9, 2010;
Referred to and died in Assembly Children and Families Committee.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :  None. Would
potentially result in a cost savings to the state and local
governments because of costly residential placement of juveniles.

 EFFECTIVE DATE : April 1, 2011.

S65-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          65
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER,
 PARKER,  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 

AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation
 to establishing a juvenile justice smart investment  program  for  the
 purpose  of  reducing  juvenile  justice  placements  through  program
 modifications and services
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 531-a
 to read as follows:

 

S 531-A. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM.  1.  THERE  IS
 HEREBY  CREATED  A  JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM. FUNDS FOR
 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART  INVESTMENT  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  APPROPRIATED
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  NINETY-NINE-T  OF  THE STATE FINANCE LAW. AMOUNTS
 APPROPRIATED TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT  PROGRAM  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS SECTION OR SECTION NINETY-NINE-T OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW SHALL
 BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  WHICH
 SHALL  ONLY  USE  SUCH  APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT
 SEEK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE  JUSTICE  PLACEMENTS  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OR FOUR OF SECTION 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, OR
 JUVENILE DETENTION AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWO  OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE,
 BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  DEMONSTRATED  EFFECTIVE  PROGRAMS  SUCH   AS
 EVIDENCE-BASED  PROGRAMS  OR SERVICES THAT PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES, OR SEEK
 TO DIVERT YOUTH FROM  DETENTION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
 SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE OR RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT WITH
 THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
 OR FOUR OF SECTION 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01549-01-1
 
       S. 65                               2
 

S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-t  to
 read as follows:

 

S  99-T.  THE  JUVENILE  JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT.  1.
 THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO BE KNOWN
 AS THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT.  THE  JUVENILE
 JUSTICE  SMART  INVESTMENT  PROGRAM  ACCOUNT IS ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT
 CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION  AND
 FINANCE.
 2. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT SHALL CONSIST
 OF  FIFTY  PERCENT OF THE SAVINGS THE STATE ACHIEVES ANNUALLY, AS CALCU
 LATED IN THE FINANCIAL PLAN AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN-A OF SECTION
 TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, AS A RESULT OF ANY ACTIONS  TAKEN  IN  THE  CURRENT
 STATE FISCAL YEAR OR ANY PREVIOUS STATE FISCAL YEARS.
 3.  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  TO  THE  JUVENILE  JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT
 PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-ONE-A  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE
 OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WHICH SHALL ONLY USE SUCH APPROPRIATIONS
 TO FUND PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT SEEK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF  JUVENILE
 JUSTICE  PLACEMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION
 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT,  OR  JUVENILE  DETENTION  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. SUCH
 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DEMONSTRATED
 EFFECTIVE  PROGRAMS  SUCH  AS  EVIDENCE-BASED  PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT
 PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES, OR SEEK TO DIVERT YOUTH FROM DETENTION AS  DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR
 RESIDENTIAL  PLACEMENT  WITH  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION  353.3  OF  THE  FAMILY
 COURT ACT.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2011.

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