§ 72-B — Discharge of incarcerated individuals to adult care facilities

§ 72-b. Discharge of incarcerated individuals to adult care\nfacilities. 1. An incarcerated individual about to be discharged to an\nadult home, enriched housing program or residence for adults, as defined\nin section two of the social services law, shall be referred only to\nsuch home, program or residence that is consistent with that person's\nneeds and that operates pursuant to section four hundred sixty of the\nsocial services law. No incarcerated individual shall be directly\nreferred to any facility that is required to be certified as an adult\ncare facility under the provisions of article seven of the social\nservices law, unless it has been determined that such facility has a\nvalid operating certificate.\n 2. No incarcerated individual about to be paroled, conditionally\nreleased, transferred, released or discharged shall be referred to any\nadult home, enriched housing program or residence for adults, as defined\nin section two of the social services law, where the department of\ncorrections and community supervision has received written notice that\nthe facility has been placed on the "do not refer list" pursuant to\nsubdivision fifteen of section four hundred sixty-d of the social\nservices law.\n