Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 31, 2010 |
tabled |
Jul 30, 2010 |
vetoed memo.6721 |
Jul 19, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 25, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate |
Jun 14, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.794 substituted for s7566a |
May 24, 2010 |
referred to finance delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 20, 2010 |
advanced to third reading cal.927 |
May 18, 2010 |
reported |
Apr 28, 2010 |
referred to veterans' affairs |
Assembly Bill A10889
Vetoed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PAULIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Michael DenDekker
David Koon
Harvey Weisenberg
Jeffrey Dinowitz
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Jeffrion Aubry
Dennis H. Gabryszak
Deborah Glick
2009-A10889 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A10889 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10889 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding a representative of veteran and alcoholism or substance abuse programs and a representative who is a veteran that served in combat and is recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse to the advisory coun- cil on alcoholism and substance abuse services PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To add a veterans provider represen- tative and veterans consumer representative to the advisory council of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) to ensure that veteran issues are adequately addressed in OASAS planning. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends section 19.05 of the Mental Hygiene law by increasing the number of OASAS advisory council members from 26 to 28; and by adding one representative of a program or provider that treats veterans and one consumer representative who is a combat veteran recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse to the OASAS advisory council. Section two provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Through their service, many military personnel in New York were exposed to or have experienced trauma, placing many of them in high risk categories of triggering underlying conditions, such as alco- holism and substance abuse problems. OASAS-certified programs treated
2009-A10889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10889 I N A S S E M B L Y April 28, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DenDEKKER, KOON, WEISENBERG, DINOWITZ, CASTRO, CHRISTENSEN, FIELDS, GALEF, GIBSON, GUNTHER, HOOPER, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, MENG, MILLMAN, REILLY, ROBINSON, SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMEL, SPANO, STIRPE, D. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, McENENY, PHEFFER, SCHIMMINGER, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding a repre- sentative of veteran and alcoholism or substance abuse programs and a representative who is a veteran that served in combat and is recover- ing from alcohol and/or substance abuse to the advisory council on alcoholism and substance abuse services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 19.05 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (a) The council shall consist of the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, or his or her designee who shall not have the right to vote, the chairman of the conference of local mental hygiene directors or his or her designee, and [twenty-six] TWENTY-EIGHT members appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The council shall include at least three members from each appellate division. The governor shall designate one of the appointed members of the council as chair, who shall serve as such for a three year term. The council shall elect a vice-chair, who shall serve as such for a three year term. Membership shall be representative of the public, shall have broad programmatic and geographic representation, shall include both not-for-profit and proprietary alcoholism and substance abuse providers of services, and shall include: (1) ten consumer representatives, including persons who are recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse or significant others of patients or former patients or patient advocates, or representatives of advocacy and prevention organizations; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16640-03-0
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