Bill Text: NY S07748 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the heroin and opioid addiction wraparound demonstration services program; makes provisions permanent.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-23 - referred to alcoholism and drug abuse [S07748 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07748-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7748--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 12, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug  Abuse
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  the  heroin  and
          opioid  addiction  wraparound  demonstration  services program; and to
          amend chapter 32 of the laws of 2014, amending the mental hygiene  law
          relating  to  the heroin and opioid addiction wraparound demonstration
          services program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  19.18-a  of  the mental hygiene law, as added by
     2  chapter 32 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 19.18-a Heroin and opioid addiction wraparound services  demonstration
     4                program.
     5    1.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation with the department of health
     6  shall develop a heroin and opioid addiction wraparound  services  demon-
     7  stration  program.  This  program  shall  provide wraparound services to
     8  adolescent and adult  patients  during  treatment,  including,  but  not
     9  limited  to,  inpatient and outpatient treatment, and shall be available
    10  to such patients for a clinically appropriate  period  for  up  to  nine
    11  months  after  completion  of  such  treatment program. The commissioner
    12  shall identify and establish where the wraparound services demonstration
    13  program will be provided.
    14    2. Wraparound services shall include;
    15    (a) Case management services which address:
    16    (i) Educational resources;
    17    (ii) Legal services;
    18    (iii) Financial services;
    19    (iv) Social services;
    20    (v) Family services; and
    21    (vi) Childcare services;
    22    (b) Peer supports, including peer to peer support groups;
    23    (c) Employment support; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14931-03-6
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     1    (d) Transportation assistance.
     2    3. [Not later than two years after the effective date of this section,
     3  the]  The  commissioner shall provide the governor, the temporary presi-
     4  dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate
     5  standing committee on alcoholism and drug abuse and  the  chair  of  the
     6  assembly  committee  on  alcoholism and drug abuse with a written evalu-
     7  ation of the demonstration program no later than  June  30,  2018.  Such
     8  evaluation shall address the overall effectiveness of this demonstration
     9  program  and  [whether  continuation  or expansion of this demonstration
    10  program is recommended], using data  collected  from  the  demonstration
    11  program,  create best practices to aid providers with the implementation
    12  of wraparound supports and  services  for  individuals  recovering  from
    13  substance use disorders. The evaluation and best practices shall be made
    14  available on the office's website.
    15    §  2. Section 2 of chapter 32 of the laws of 2014, amending the mental
    16  hygiene law   relating to the heroin  and  opioid  addiction  wraparound
    17  services demonstration program, is amended to read as follows:
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    19  deemed repealed [three years after such effective date] June 30, 2018.
    20    § 3. No later than June 30, 2019, the commissioner of  the  office  of
    21  alcoholism and substance abuse services shall promulgate rules and regu-
    22  lations necessary to require that all providers of alcoholism, substance
    23  abuse,  and  chemical  dependence  services  offer  wraparound  services
    24  utilizing the best practices created by the  office  of  alcoholism  and
    25  substance  abuse  services in order to be certified or licensed to offer
    26  such services.
    27    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.