Bill Text: NY S06509 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing certification for peer to peer support services to individuals who have been treated for opioid overdose.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE [S06509 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6509
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 30, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  opioid  overdose
          reversal and peer to peer support services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  19.18-b to read as follows:
     3  § 19.18-b Substance use disorder peer to peer support services program.
     4    1.  For  purposes  of this subdivision "peer to peer support services"
     5  means participant-centered services that emphasize knowledge and  wisdom
     6  through  lived  experience  in which peers are encouraged to share their
     7  own personal experience and first-hand  knowledge  of  substance  abuse,
     8  addiction, and recovery to support the recovery goals of individuals who
     9  use drugs and/or alcohol.
    10    2.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation with the department of health
    11  shall develop and administer a certification process  and  standards  of
    12  training   and  competency  for  substance  use  disorder  peer  support
    13  services.
    14    3. Certified peer to peer support services shall include  but  not  be
    15  limited to:
    16    (a) developing recovery plans;
    17    (b) raising awareness of existing social and other support services;
    18    (c) modeling coping skills;
    19    (d) assisting with applying for benefits;
    20    (e) accompanying clients to medical appointments;
    21    (f) providing non-clinical crisis support, especially after periods of
    22  hospitalization or incarceration;
    23    (g) accompanying clients to court appearances and other appointments;
    24    (h) working with participants to identify strengths;
    25    (i) linking participants to formal recovery supports;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 6509                             2
     1    (j) educating program participants about various modes of recovery;
     2    (k)  peer  engagement coordination with hospital emergency services to
     3  assist any patient that has been administered an opioid antagonist by  a
     4  medical  provider  to  establish  connections  to  treatment  and  other
     5  supports after an opioid  overdose  reversal  or  after  discharge  from
     6  another substance abuse related emergency department visit; and
     7    (l)  peer  engagement  coordination  with law enforcement departments,
     8  fire departments and other first responder  departments  to  assist  any
     9  individual  that  has  been administered an opioid antagonist by a first
    10  responder to  establish  connections  to  treatment  and  other  support
    11  services after an opioid overdose reversal.
    12    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    13  effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
    14  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    15  tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
    16  before such effective date.