Bill Text: NY S09157 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that the siting, construction and establishment of methadone program facilities in cities with a population of one million or more be disbursed in the boroughs of such cities in proportion to the population of each such borough.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-11 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE [S09157 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09157-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9157

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 11, 2022
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
          Abuse

        AN  ACT  to  require  that the siting, construction and establishment of
          methadone program facilities in cities  having  a  population  of  one
          million or more be disbursed in the boroughs of such cities in propor-
          tion to the population of each such borough

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

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with-
     2  in cities having a population of one million or more, methadone  program
     3  facilities registered with the office of addiction services and supports
     4  pursuant  to  section  19.16  of the mental hygiene law within each such
     5  city shall be  sited,  constructed  and/or  established  throughout  the
     6  boroughs  of such city in proportion to each borough's population to the
     7  city's total population. Provided, however, that the provisions of  this
     8  section  shall not apply to the siting, construction or establishment of
     9  any methadone program facility for which the appropriate community board
    10  or, if there be no community board, the appropriate  neighborhood  board
    11  shall have granted an exemption from such provisions.
    12    §  2.  Methadone  program  facilities sited, constructed and/or estab-
    13  lished within cities having a population of one million  or  more  after
    14  the effective date of this act shall be located in those boroughs of the
    15  city  which  have the lowest concentration of such facilities in propor-
    16  tion to the borough population to the city's population.
    17    § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to  the  contrary,  no
    18  methadone  program  facility  shall be sited, constructed or established
    19  within the 84th assembly district within a city having a  population  of
    20  one million or more unless the appropriate community board, or, if there
    21  be  no  community  board,  the appropriate neighborhood board shall have
    22  approved the siting, construction or establishment of such facility.
    23    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11581-01-1