Senate Bill S2193

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the reinvestment of funds into community-based services for persons suffering from chemical dependence and for establishment of fund

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2193 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A491
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1.03, add §22.12, Ment Hyg L; add §99-q, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2201, A6236
2013-2014: S4452, A2242
2015-2016: S3229, A828
2017-2018: S4009, A3095
2019-2020: A3390

2009-S2193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the reinvestment of funds generated by savings due to declines in the state prison census into community-based services for persons suffering from chemical dependence and for the establishment of the chemical dependence reinvestment fund; provides for the establishment of the state interagency council on chemical dependence reinvestment fund utilization and for the composition thereof.

2009-S2193 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2193

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental Disabilities

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the  state  finance  law,  in
  relation  to  the  reinvestment of funds into community-based services
  for persons suffering from chemical dependence

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent and findings.   The legislature finds
that declines in the state prison inmate census, due to the  utilization
of  alternatives to incarceration and changes in the sentencing laws for
persons convicted of drug offenses, create concomitant demand and strain
on community-based chemical dependence treatment services.
  The legislature also finds that as state expenditures for incarcerated
individuals are reduced due to the aforementioned interventions,  it  is
necessary  and  appropriate  to establish a dedicated fund, comprised of
those savings, which will be reinvested into the development and  expan-
sion  of  community-based  chemical  dependence treatment and prevention
programs.
  The legislature further finds that as  it  is  well  established  that
chemical  dependence  prevention  and  treatment  is  the most effective
response to chemical abuse and  addiction  and  the  resulting  criminal
offenses,   the  availability  of  effective  prevention  and  treatment
programs should be a prominent component of the state's response.
  S 2. Section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 56 to read as follows:
  56.  "COMMUNITY  CHEMICAL  DEPENDENCE  REINVESTMENT  SERVICES"   SHALL
INCLUDE   CHEMICAL   DEPENDENCE   SERVICES  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 3. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new  section  22.12
to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02577-01-9
              

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