Bill Text: NY A09525 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a pilot program to provide peer support services for families of individuals affected by substance use disorders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-19 - referred to alcoholism and drug abuse [A09525 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09525-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9525
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 19, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing peer
          support  services  for  family  members  of  individuals  affected  by
          substance use disorders
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  19.18-b to read as follows:
     3  § 19.18-b Peer support services for families of substance abusers.
     4    1. For purposes of this section "peer support services" means partici-
     5  pant-centered services that emphasize knowledge and wisdom through lived
     6  experience  in  which  peers  are encouraged to share their own personal
     7  experience and first-hand knowledge of substance abuse,  addiction,  and
     8  recovery  to support those with family members affected by substance use
     9  disorders.
    10    2. The commissioner, in consultation with the  department  of  health,
    11  shall develop a pilot program to provide peer support services for fami-
    12  lies of individuals affected by substance use disorders. The commission-
    13  er shall identify and establish where such pilot program's services will
    14  be provided. Such pilot program shall provide services to family members
    15  including but not limited to:
    16    (a) developing coping plans;
    17    (b) raising awareness of existing social and other support services;
    18    (c) modeling coping skills;
    19    (d) accompanying clients to medical appointments;
    20    (e)  providing non-clinical crisis support after periods of hospitali-
    21  zation or incarceration of family members;
    22    (f) working with participants to identify strengths;
    23    (g) educating program participants about various  modes  of  recovery,
    24  including, but not limited to, medication assisted treatment; and
    25    (h)  peer  engagement  coordination  with law enforcement departments,
    26  fire departments and other first responder departments to learn  how  to
    27  assist any individual that is suffering from an apparent overdose.
    28    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    29  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14048-01-7