Bill Text: NY S02815 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 infant recovery centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-20 - PRINT NUMBER 2815A [S02815 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02815-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2815--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
          infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Title 1 of article 25 of the public health law is amended
     2  by adding a new section 2509 to read as follows:
     3    § 2509. Infant recovery centers pilot program.  There shall be  estab-
     4  lished  an infant recovery centers pilot program whereby the commission-
     5  er, in consultation with the commissioner of alcohol and substance abuse
     6  services, shall establish at least four infant recovery centers in areas
     7  of need in the state. Such centers shall provide cost effective,  neces-
     8  sary  services  and enhance the quality of care for targeted populations
     9  in order to demonstrate the  effectiveness  of  such  program.  Eligible
    10  infants  shall  be  under  one  year  of  age and suffer from withdrawal
    11  resulting from in utero exposure to drugs. Such infant withdrawal may be
    12  the result of conditions including, but not limited to, neonatal  absti-
    13  nence  syndrome. The program shall provide more appropriate settings and
    14  cost effective care for these infants than hospitals, while also provid-
    15  ing supports and services to parents preparing to  bring  their  infants
    16  home.  Access  to  such  supports  shall continue for a period after the
    17  infant has left a center.
    18    The department shall be responsible for monitoring the quality, appro-
    19  priateness and effectiveness of the centers  and  shall  report  to  the
    20  legislature  within one year of the establishment of the infant recovery
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  centers and again within two years of the effective date of this section
     2  on the program's effectiveness.
     3    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
     4  deemed repealed 4 years after such date.