Bill Text: NY S08310 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8310 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to accessing substance use disorder services based on the individual's gender identity or expression and preference.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-03 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S08310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08310-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8310

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 10, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
          Abuse

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in relation to accessing
          substance use disorder services based on the individual's gender iden-
          tity or expression and preference

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  281 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (c) The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse services]  addiction
     5  services  and  supports  shall  have  the responsibility for seeing that
     6  persons who suffer from [an addictive disorder] a substance use disorder
     7  and their families are provided with addiction services, care and treat-
     8  ment, and that such services, care, treatment and rehabilitation  is  of
     9  high  quality  and effectiveness, and that the personal and civil rights
    10  of persons seeking and receiving addiction services, care, treatment and
    11  rehabilitation are adequately protected, including  that  patients  have
    12  the  right  to  access  services  based  on  their  gender  identity  or
    13  expression and their preference. Gender identity or expression  means  a
    14  person's actual or perceived gender related identity, appearance, behav-
    15  ior,  expression,  or  other gender related characteristic regardless of
    16  the sex assigned to that person at birth.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14676-01-2