Bill Text: NY S08525 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the issuance of operating certificates for federally organized, operated or authorized Indian health service facilities with addictions programs to operate as providers of chemical dependence services following certain attestations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-06 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S08525 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08525-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8525

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 8, 2024
                                       ___________

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

        AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the issuance of
          operating certificates for certain providers  of  chemical  dependence
          services

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

     1    Section 1. Section 32.09 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h)  1.  Subject  to paragraph two of this subdivision, an attestation
     4  from a program organized, operated or authorized by the federal  govern-
     5  ment to operate as an Indian health service facility, with an addictions
     6  program,  shall be recognized by the commissioner as sufficient evidence
     7  that the program meets the applicable standards  for  certification  for
     8  purposes of issuing an operating certificate.
     9    2.  The  attestation  identified  in paragraph one of this subdivision
    10  shall attest that:
    11    (i) the program is authorized by the federal government to operate  as
    12  an Indian health service facility, with an addictions program; and
    13    (ii) the program will maintain compliance with all office of addiction
    14  services and supports:
    15    (A) general facility requirements,
    16    (B) patient rights requirements,
    17    (C) standards for substance use disorder outpatient programs, and
    18    (D) incident reporting and other relevant requirements.
    19    3.  Such  program  may  be  issued  an  operating certificate upon its
    20  submission of the  attestation  and  a  community  engagement  plan  and
    21  evidence  of  active  and  ongoing  community engagement at the facility
    22  location.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14420-01-4