NY State Senate Bill 2013-S7655A

Senate Bill S7655A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs a study to determine the feasibility of converting certain correctional facilities into treatment centers

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Jun 09, 2014	referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 03, 2014	ordered to third reading cal.1144 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 27, 2014	print number 7655a
May 27, 2014	amend (t) and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
May 23, 2014	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- Jun 9, 2014 - Floor Vote
  S7655A
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 9, 2014
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      excused (2)
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Smith
  Jun 3, 2014 - Rules Committee Vote
  S7655A
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 3, 2014
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Gianaris
      
      Krueger
      
      excused (1)
      
      Espaillat
  Jun 3, 2014 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S7655A
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: Jun 3, 2014
      
      aye (13)
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Little
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Peralta
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera

Bill Amendments

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2013-S7655 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law

2013-S7655 - Summary

Directs the department of correctional services and community supervision and the OASAS to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of converting certain correctional facilities into treatment centers.

2013-S7655 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7655 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7655

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 23, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  NOZZOLIO, BALL, BONACIC, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN,
  GRIFFO, HANNON, LANZA, LARKIN, LITTLE, MARCELLINO,  MARTINS,  MAZIARZ,
  O'MARA,  RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, SEWARD, VALESKY, YOUNG -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation  to  regional  treatment
  facilities

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

  Section 1. Section 72-a of the correction law, as amended by section 7
of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to
read as follows:
  S  72-a.  [Community]  REGIONAL  treatment  facilities. 1. Transfer of
eligible inmate.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section  seventy-two
of this [chapter] ARTICLE, any inmate confined in a correctional facili-
ty  who is an "eligible inmate" as defined by subdivision two of section
eight hundred fifty-one of this chapter and has been  certified  by  the
[division of] OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND substance abuse services as being
in  need  of  substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation may be trans-
ferred by the commissioner to a [community] REGIONAL treatment facility.
  2. Designation of facilities. [A community treatment facility shall be
designated by the director of the division of substance  abuse  services
and  the  commissioner. Such facility shall be operated by a provider or
sponsoring agency that has provided approved residential substance abuse
treatment services for at least two years duration.] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
LAW TO THE CONTRARY OR THE  CLOSURE  OR  IMPENDING  CLOSURE  OF  CERTAIN
CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES, THE COMMISSIONER IS DIRECTED TO FACILITATE THE
USE OF FACILITIES AT BUTLER CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  IN  RED  CREEK,  NEW
YORK,  MONTEREY  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  IN  SCHUYLER COUNTY, CHATEAUGAY
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, AND MT. MCGREGOR  CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY  IN  SARATOGA  COUNTY,  AS  REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. SUCH
FACILITIES MUST BE OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICE OF  ALCOHOL-
ISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15373-02-4

S. 7655                             2

  3.  Operating standards. The commissioner, after consultation with the
[director] COMMISSIONER of the [division of] OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
substance  abuse  services, shall promulgate rules and regulations which
provide for minimum standards of operation, including but not limited to
the following:
  (a)  provision for adequate security and protection of the surrounding
community;
  (b) adequate physical plant standards;
  (c) provisions for adequate program  services,  staffing,  and  record
keeping; and
  (d) provision for the general welfare of the inmates.
  4.  Community  supervision.  The  department  shall  provide  for  the
provision of community supervision services. All inmates residing  in  a
[community]  REGIONAL  treatment  facility  shall  be assigned to parole
officers for supervision. Such parole officers shall be responsible  for
providing such supervision.
  5.  Reports. The department and the [division of] OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM
AND substance abuse  services  shall  jointly  issue  quarterly  reports
including a description of those facilities that have been designated as
[community]   REGIONAL  treatment  facilities,  the  number  of  inmates
confined in each facility, a description of  the  programs  within  each
facility,  and  the  number of absconders, if any, as well as the nature
and number of re-arrests, if any,  during  the  individual's  period  of
community  supervision. Copies of such reports, as well as copies of any
inspection  report  issued  by  the  department  or  the  commission  of
correction  shall be sent to the director of the budget, the chairman of
the senate finance committee, the chairman of the senate crime  VICTIMS,
CRIME and correction committee, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE CODES COMMIT-
TEE,  the  chairman  of  the  assembly  ways and means committee and the
chairman of the assembly committee on codes.
  6. Reimbursement. (a) [The] IF THE AFOREMENTIONED  REGIONAL  TREATMENT
FACILITIES ARE OPERATED BY THE commissioner, THE COMMISSIONER in consul-
tation  with  the [director] COMMISSIONER of the [division of] OFFICE OF
ALCOHOLISM AND substance abuse services, shall enter into  an  agreement
with the [division of] OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND substance abuse services
whereby  the  [division  of]  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM AND substance abuse
services will  contract  with  [community]  treatment  PROVIDERS  TO  BE
LOCATED  AT  THE  facilities  for provision of services pursuant to this
section [within amounts made available by the department]. Each contract
shall provide for frequent visitation, inspection of the  facility,  and
enforcement of the minimum standards and shall authorize the supervision
of  inmates  residing  in a community treatment facility by parole offi-
cers.
  (b) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations specifying
those costs related to the  general  operation  of  community  treatment
facilities  that  shall  be  eligible for reimbursement.   Such eligible
costs shall not include debt service, whether principal or interest,  or
costs  for  which  state  or  federal  aid or reimbursement is otherwise
available. Such rules and regulations shall be subject to  the  approval
of the director of the budget.
  (c)  The  department  shall  not contract for provision of services to
more than [fifty] TWO HUNDRED FIFTY inmates at any one facility.
  (d) At least thirty days prior to final approval of any such contract,
a copy of the proposed contract shall be sent to  the  director  of  the
budget,  the  chairman  of the senate finance committee, the chairman of
the senate crime VICTIMS, CRIME and correction committee,  THE  CHAIRMAN

S. 7655                             3

OF  THE  SENATE  CODES  COMMITTEE, the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee, and the chairman of the assembly committee on codes.
  S  2. Subdivision 14 of section 2 of the correction law, as amended by
chapter 558 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  14. "[Community] REGIONAL treatment [facility] FACILITIES."  [A  resi-
dential  chemical  dependence  facility]  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE
CONTRARY OR THE CLOSURE OR IMPENDING  CLOSURE  OF  CERTAIN  CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES, THE COMMISSIONER IS DIRECTED TO FACILITATE THE USE OF FACIL-
ITIES  AT  BUTLER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN RED CREEK, NEW YORK, MONTEREY
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN SCHUYLER COUNTY, CHATEAUGAY CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
ITY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, AND MT. MCGREGOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN  SARA-
TOGA  COUNTY,  AS  REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. SUCH FACILITIES MAY BE
approved as provided in section 32.01  of  the  mental  hygiene  law  or
pursuant  to  section  32.31  of  such  law  used exclusively to provide
substance abuse treatment  services  to  persons  eligible  pursuant  to
section seventy-two-a of this chapter and who are otherwise eligible for
temporary  release  pursuant to subdivision two of section eight hundred
fifty-one of this chapter.  These  facilities  shall  [be  separate  and
distinct  so  as  not  to  replace] REPLACE existing COMMUNITY TREATMENT
FACILITIES FOR substance abuse treatment services.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
the amendments to section 72-a of the correction law made by section one
of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
deemed  to  expire  therewith; provided, further, that the amendments to
subdivision 14 of section 2 of the correction law made by section two of
this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision  and  shall
be deemed to expire therewith.

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2013-S7655A (ACTIVE) - Details

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Law Section:: Correction Law

2013-S7655A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S7655A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7655A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act directing the study of the feasibility of
converting certain correctional facilities into treatment facilities

PURPOSE:

This bill directs the Department of Correctional Services and the
Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to conduct a study
to determine the feasibility of converting correctional facilities
which are closed or scheduled to be closed, to be used as treatment
facilities for persons addicted to controlled substances.

Summary of provisions:

Section one of the bill directs the Department of Correctional
Services and Community Supervision and the Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services to conduct a study to determine the
feasibility of converting correctional facilities, which are closed or
scheduled to be closed, to be used as treatment facilities for the
treatment of persons with substance abuse addiction both on an
in-patient residential basis and an outpatient basis. The study shall
be comprehensive and shall evaluate the efficacy of removing
individuals from the community and placing those individuals in
residential treatment facilities, assess the value of treatment in a
facility which was formerly used as a correctional facility, and

perform an analysis of the extent of renovations needed as well as an
estimate of the cost of those renovations. Other considerations are to
be taken into account as part of the study, such as the number of
participants for operating efficiency and the factors to be
considering in determining or recommending the treatment modalities to
be provided.

Section two provides that the study is to be completed and a report
issued within sixty days.

JUSTIFICATION:

Adequate treatment facilities and programs and a sufficient supply of
treatment beds has been an issue in the substance abuse treatment
field for some time and the recent dramatic increase of heroin
addiction, which is reaching epidemic proportions has amplified that
shortage. The state has been closing prisons for some time and plans
to close additional prisons in the very near future. This bill
requires that a study be done of those correctional facilities to
determine the feasibility of converting those facilities to treatment
facilities. The need for additional beds has become obvious and this
bill provides an opportunity to whether those beds can be provided in
existing facilities owned by the state.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Immediately.

2013-S7655A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7655--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 23, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  NOZZOLIO, BALL, BONACIC, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN,
  GRIFFO, HANNON, LANZA, LARKIN, LITTLE, MARCELLINO,  MARTINS,  MAZIARZ,
  O'MARA,  RANZENHOFER,  RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, SEWARD, VALESKY, YOUNG
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and  Correction  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  directing  the  study  of the feasibility of converting certain
  correctional facilities into treatment facilities

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

  Section  1.  The  department  of  correctional  services and community
supervision and the office of alcoholism and  substance  abuse  services
are directed to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of convert-
ing correctional facilities, which are closed or scheduled to be closed,
to  be  used as treatment facilities for the treatment of persons with a
substance abuse addiction both on an in-patient residential basis and an
out-patient basis.
  The study shall include an evaluation  of  the  efficacy  of  removing
addicted  individuals  from  the community and placing such persons in a
residential treatment facility for comprehensive therapy and shall  also
include an assessment of the value of such treatment in a facility which
was  formerly used as a correctional facility away from the community of
residence of the individual. An analysis  shall  also  be  made  of  the
extent  of  renovations  which  may  be necessary in connection with the
conversion of the facilities, including an estimate of the cost of  such
renovations.
  Consideration  shall be given to factors such as the number of partic-
ipants necessary for the most efficient operation of such a  program  on
an  in-patient residential basis and an out-patient basis. Also a deter-
mination shall be made with respect to the factors to be  considered  in
determining  or  recommending  the  types  of treatment modalities to be
provided.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15373-03-4

S. 7655--A                          2

  The study shall also take into consideration that those  eligible  for
admission into treatment programs shall be addicted individuals who have
a  demonstrated  history of addiction and do not have a current or prior
history of engaging in any conduct  involving  the  sale  of  controlled
substances.
  S  2. The study shall be completed and a report submitted to the chair
of the senate crime victims, crime and correction committee,  the  chair
of  the  senate  codes  committee,  the chair of the assembly correction
committee and the assembly codes committee  within  sixty  days  of  the
effective date of this act.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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