Bill Text: NY A01068 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-20 - signed chap.493 [A01068 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01068-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1068 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows: 3 (m) (1) The office shall report on the status and outcomes of initi- 4 atives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic to the 5 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 6 chairs of the assembly and senate committees on alcoholism and drug 7 abuse, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and the chair 8 of the senate finance committee. 9 (2) Such reports shall include, to the extent practicable and applica- 10 ble, information on: 11 (i) The number of individuals enrolled in the initiative in the 12 preceding quarter; 13 (ii) The number of individuals who completed the treatment program in 14 the preceding quarter; 15 (iii) The number of individuals discharged from the treatment program 16 in the preceding quarter; 17 (iv) The age and sex of the individuals served; 18 (v) Relevant regional data about the individuals; 19 (vi) The populations served; and 20 (vii) The outcomes and effectiveness of each initiative surveyed. 21 (3) Such initiatives shall include opioid treatment programs, crisis 22 detoxification programs, 24/7 open access centers, adolescent club hous- 23 es, family navigator programs, peer engagement specialists, recovery 24 community and outreach centers, regional addiction resource centers and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04811-01-9A. 1068 2 1 the state implementation of the federal opioid state targeted response 2 initiatives. 3 (4) Such information shall be provided quarterly, beginning no later 4 than July first, two thousand nineteen. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.