Bill Text: NY S05480 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-04 - referred to health [S05480 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05480-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5480 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 2, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health 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 21 centers and again within two years of the effective date of this section 22 on the program's effectiveness. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be 24 deemed repealed 4 years after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01559-01-9