Bill Text: NY A10177 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-11 - reported referred to rules [A10177 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10177-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 22, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        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 (l) to read as follows:
     3    (l) (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.
                                                                   LBD14634-03-8
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     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 eighteen.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.