A 696: Requires foster care records of incarcerated individuals to be sent to the correctional facility.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 696 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS, TAYLOR, CUNNINGHAM, GLICK -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to certain persons received into the custody of the department of corrections and commu- nity supervision The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 71 of the correction law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. When a person is committed to the custody of the department and 4 such person has a previous history of being in the foster care system 5 pursuant to the social services law the department shall obtain a record 6 of such foster care including but not limited to what age such person 7 entered foster care and for what period of time such person was under 8 such care. A copy of such records shall be made available and delivered 9 to any correctional facility where such person is incarcerated. A 10 correctional facility for purposes of this subdivision shall include a 11 juvenile detention facility. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00795-01-5