Bill Text: NY A03378 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes an intensive addiction and medical services integrated services pilot program to support two three-year demonstration programs that provide intensive addiction and medical services integrated services to individuals who have significant addiction and medical issues.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to alcoholism and drug abuse [A03378 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03378-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3378

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 2, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. WOERNER, ZEBROWSKI, SIMPSON, HEVESI, LUPARDO --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

        AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing an
          intensive addiction and medical  services  integrated  services  pilot
          program;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
          tion thereof

          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-d to read as follows:
     3  § 19.18-d Intensive addiction and medical services  integrated  services
     4              pilot program.
     5    1.  Within the funds appropriated to the office, a pilot program shall
     6  be established to support two  three-year  demonstration  programs  that
     7  provide  intensive addiction and medical services integrated services to
     8  individuals who have significant addiction and medical  issues.  One  of
     9  the  demonstration  programs  shall  be  located in a rural area and one
    10  shall be located in an urban setting as determined by the  commissioner.
    11  The  services  provided  shall  include  but not be limited to intensive
    12  physical health care services, addiction counseling for both  the  indi-
    13  vidual  with  significant addiction and medical issues and their family,
    14  peer supports, and transportation assistance.  Such  services  shall  be
    15  primarily  provided  in a treatment facility certified by the office or,
    16  as clinically and socially necessitated, in the community or home of the
    17  individual receiving such services. Such funding may  also  be  used  to
    18  build  a new facility or modify an existing facility for the purposes of
    19  such demonstration programs.
    20    2. Not later than June thirtieth of the year following  the  enactment
    21  of this section, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall provide
    22  the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06365-01-3
        A. 3378                             2

     1  of  the  senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the
     2  assembly, the chair of the senate standing committee on  alcoholism  and
     3  substance  abuse,  and the chair of the assembly committee on alcoholism
     4  and  drug  abuse with a written evaluation of the demonstration programs
     5  established pursuant to subdivision one of this section. Such evaluation
     6  shall, at a minimum, address the overall effectiveness  of  such  demon-
     7  stration  programs,  identify best practices for services provided under
     8  the demonstration programs and  any  additional  services  that  may  be
     9  appropriate  within each type of program operated, regulated, funded, or
    10  approved by the office, address whether continuation or expansion of the
    11  pilot program established by subdivision one of this section  is  recom-
    12  mended,  and identify any changes needed in existing medicaid or private
    13  insurance reimbursement models. The written  evaluation  shall  be  made
    14  publicly available on the office's website.
    15    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    16  the fiscal year in which this act shall have  become  a  law  and  shall
    17  expire March 31 of the third succeeding fiscal year thereafter when upon
    18  such  date  the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.  Effec-
    19  tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any  rule  or
    20  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on or before its
    21  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
    22  effective date.