Bill Text: NY A09688 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the certification of entities seeking to provide in-home based substance use disorder treatment services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-03 - referred to mental health [A09688 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09688-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9688

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Mental Health

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the certification
          of innovative statewide substance use disorder treatment services

          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  32.05-b to read as follows:
     3  § 32.05-b Certification of innovative statewide substance  use  disorder
     4               treatment services.
     5    1.  The  commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports
     6  shall develop a statewide process  for  the  certification  of  entities
     7  seeking  to  provide  in-home  based  substance  use  disorder treatment
     8  services, pursuant  to  guidelines  established  by  such  commissioner.
     9  Applicants  shall  demonstrate  to  the  commissioner  of  the office of
    10  addiction services and supports' satisfaction that they are able to meet
    11  applicable regulatory service standards pursuant to 14 NYCRR  part  822,
    12  as  amended from time to time. Out of state applicants shall be required
    13  to be registered with the department of state, with a  physical  address
    14  in the state of New York.
    15    2. Notwithstanding article forty-one of this chapter, the commissioner
    16  of the office of addiction services and supports shall develop a process
    17  to  ensure  local  governmental input and consultation for the review of
    18  applications for certification under this section. Such process shall be
    19  limited to one prior consultation meeting  to  be  held  with  represen-
    20  tatives  of  local governmental units, as determined by the commissioner
    21  of the office of addiction services and supports. As part of such  prior
    22  consultation, applicants shall present an identified needs assessment to
    23  support their application and a proposal for services.
    24    3.  Applicants  under  this section shall have the capacity to provide
    25  individual, family and group counseling as clinically indicated by indi-
    26  vidual patient person-centered planning. In addition,  applicants  shall
    27  be required to provide, at a minimum, the following:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (a)  an  admission assessment including a screening for problem gambl-
     2  ing, overdose risk and co-occurring mental health conditions,  including
     3  suicide risk;
     4    (b) safety plans for suicide and overdose risk based on the results of
     5  such screenings;
     6    (c) a plan for monitoring individuals at elevated risk for overdose or
     7  suicide;
     8    (d) treatment recovery planning and review;
     9    (e)  medication  for  addiction treatment, including a detailed policy
    10  which describes referral to the first in-person visit;
    11    (f) the provision of naloxone by prescription or dispensation; and
    12    (g) toxicology testing.
    13    4. The commissioner of the office of addiction services  and  supports
    14  shall  issue  the guidelines required by this section not later than six
    15  months from the effective date of this section.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.