File #: Int 1064-2016    Version: Name: Requiring the DOC to evaluate programs it utilizes.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services
On agenda: 2/5/2016
Enactment date: 10/18/2016 Law number: 2016/122
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to evaluate programs it utilizes
Sponsors: Elizabeth S. Crowley, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Vincent J. Gentile, James G. Van Bramer, Andrew Cohen, Helen K. Rosenthal, Brad S. Lander, Ben Kallos
Council Member Sponsors: 8
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Correction (“DOC”) to evaluate the programs that are offered to inmates, and submit a yearly report summarizing this evaluation to the Mayor and Council, and post such report online.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Legislative History Report, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1064-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 1064, 4. Int. No. 1064 - 2/5/16, 5. February 5, 2016 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 6. Committee Report 5/26/16, 7. Hearing Testimony 5/26/16, 8. Hearing Transcript 5/16/16, 9. Proposed Int. No. 1064-A - 9/21/16, 10. Committee Report 9/26/16, 11. Hearing Testimony 9/26/16, 12. Hearing Transcript 9/26/16, 13. September 28, 2016 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Fiscal Impact Statement, 15. Int. No. 1064-A (FINAL), 16. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-28-16, 17. Mayor's Letter, 18. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 28, 2016, 19. Local Law 122
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10/19/2016AElizabeth S. Crowley City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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9/26/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2016AElizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/26/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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5/26/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Health Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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5/26/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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2/5/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/5/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1064-A

 

By Council Members Crowley, Rodriguez, Gentile, Van Bramer, Cohen, Rosenthal, Lander and Kallos

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to evaluate programs it utilizes

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-144 to read as follows:    

§ 9-144 Correction programming evaluation and report.

                     a. The department shall evaluate inmate programming each calendar year. For purposes of this section, “inmate programming” includes but is not limited to any structured services offered directly to inmates for the purposes of vocational training, counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, addressing drug dependencies, or any similar purpose. No later than April 1 of each year, beginning in 2017, the department shall submit a summary of each evaluation to the mayor and the council, and post such summary to the department’s website. This summary shall include factors determined by the department, including, but not be limited to, information related to the following for each such program: (i) the amount of funding received; (ii) estimated number of inmates served; (iii) a brief description of the program including the estimated number of hours of programming offered and utilized, program length, goals, target populations, effectiveness, and outcome measurements, where applicable; and (iv) successful completion and compliance rates, if applicable. Such summary shall be permanently accessible from the department’s website and shall be provided in a format that permits automated processing, where appropriate. Each yearly summary shall include a comparison of the current year with the prior five years, where such information is available.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

LS #6745

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