Bill Text: NY A09981 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs that at least ten percent of funds from the opioid stewardship fund shall be invested in recovery services and supports; requires an annual report to the legislature regarding funds distributed from the opioid stewardship fund; makes the opioid stewardship fund permanent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-01 - referred to health [A09981 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09981-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9981

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 1, 2024
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the  state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  the  opioid
          stewardship  fund;  and  to amend part NN of chapter 57 of the laws of
          2018, amending the public health law and the state finance law  relat-
          ing  to enacting the opioid stewardship act, in relation to the effec-
          tiveness thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 97-aaaaa of the state finance law,
     2  as  added  by section 3 of part NN of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is
     3  amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
     4    4. Moneys of the opioid stewardship fund,  when  allocated,  shall  be
     5  available,  subject  to  the  approval of the director of the budget, to
     6  support programs operated by the New York state office  of  [alcoholism]
     7  addiction  services  and [substance abuse services] supports or agencies
     8  certified, authorized, approved or otherwise  funded  by  the  New  York
     9  state  office  of  [alcoholism]  addiction services and [substance abuse
    10  services] supports to provide opioid treatment, recovery and  prevention
    11  and  education  services;  and  to  provide support for the prescription
    12  monitoring program registry as established pursuant to  section  thirty-
    13  three hundred forty-three-a of the public health law, provided, however,
    14  that  at  least  ten  percent  of  funds  shall  be invested in recovery
    15  services and supports. Provided, further, that moneys of the fund  shall
    16  be  used  to  supplement  and  not  supplant or replace any other funds,
    17  including federal or state funding,  which  would  otherwise  have  been
    18  expended  for  substance use disorder prevention, treatment, recovery or
    19  harm reduction services or programs.
    20    8. (a) On or before November first of each year,  beginning  one  year
    21  after  the  effective  date of this subdivision, the commissioner of the
    22  office of addiction services and supports shall provide a written report
    23  to the governor, temporary president  of  the  senate,  speaker  of  the
    24  assembly,  chair  of the senate finance committee, chair of the assembly
    25  ways and means committee, chair of the senate alcoholism  and  substance

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  use  committee,  and  chair  of  the  assembly alcoholism and drug abuse
     2  committee.
     3    (b)  Such report shall be presented as a consolidated dashboard and be
     4  made  publicly  available  on  the  office  of  addiction  services  and
     5  supports'  website.  Such  report shall, to the extent practicable after
     6  making all diligent efforts to  obtain  such  information,  include  the
     7  following:
     8    (i) the baseline funding for any entity that receives funding from the
     9  opioid stewardship fund, prior to the receipt of such funds; and
    10    (ii)  how  funds  deposited  in  the opioid stewardship fund have been
    11  utilized in the preceding calendar year, including but not limited to:
    12    (A) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award  process
    13  used for such disbursement, if applicable;
    14    (B) the names of the recipients, the amounts awarded to such recipient
    15  and  details  about  the  purpose such funds were awarded for, including
    16  what specific services and programs the funds  were  used  on  and  what
    17  populations such services or programs served;
    18    (C)  the  main criteria utilized to determine the award, including how
    19  the program or service assists to reduce the effects  of  substance  use
    20  disorders;
    21    (D)  an  analysis of the effectiveness of the services and/or programs
    22  that received opioid stewardship funding in their efforts to reduce  the
    23  effects of the overdose and substance use disorder epidemic. Such analy-
    24  sis  shall  utilize  evidence-based  uniform  metrics when reviewing the
    25  effects the service and/or program had on  prevention,  harm  reduction,
    26  treatment, and recovery advancements;
    27    (E) any relevant information provided by any state agency; and
    28    (F)  any  other  information  the commissioner deems necessary to help
    29  inform future appropriations and  funding  decisions,  and  ensure  such
    30  funding is not being used to supplant local, state, or federal funding.
    31    §  2. Section 5 of part NN of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, amending
    32  the public health law and the state finance law relating to enacting the
    33  opioid stewardship act, as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter  57
    34  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    35    §  5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018 [and shall expire and be
    36  deemed to be repealed on June 30, 2029], provided that, effective  imme-
    37  diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
    38  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    39  authorized to be made and completed on or before  such  effective  date,
    40  and, provided that this act shall only apply to the sale or distribution
    41  of opioids in the state of New York on or before December 31, 2018.
    42    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.