Bill Text: NY S01630 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1630 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires alcohol and substance use screening for all incoming college students; screening in person, online or written; screening for illegal drugs and prescription medication for non-medical uses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01630 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01630-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1630
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring alcohol  and
         substance use screening for all incoming college students
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6439
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  6439.  ALCOHOL  AND  SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING. 1. EACH COLLEGE SHALL
    4  ADMINISTER AN ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING OR ASSESSMENT  TO  ALL
    5  INCOMING STUDENTS.
    6    2.  THE  SCREENING  OR ASSESSMENT MAY BE IN PERSON, ONLINE OR WRITTEN.
    7  THIS SHALL INCLUDE THE SCREENING  FOR  ILLEGAL  DRUGS  AND  PRESCRIPTION
    8  MEDICATION FOR NON-MEDICAL USES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HEROIN AND
    9  OTHER OPIOIDS.
   10    3. COLLEGES MAY USE EVIDENCE-BASED ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING
   11  INSTRUMENTS  ALREADY  APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE
   12  ABUSE SERVICES. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
   13  OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES,
   14  SHALL  DEVELOP GUIDANCE FOR COLLEGES AND PROVIDE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
   15  TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DRUG PREVENTION  PROGRAM  AND  ALCOHOL
   16  AND DRUG INTAKE ASSESSMENT.
   17    S  2. This act shall take effect the first of July next succeeding the
   18  date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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