Assembly Actions -
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Jan 28, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6589
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee
- 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
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S6589 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S6589 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Regulates the establishment and location of a methadone treatment center by prohibiting its establishment or continued operation within five hundred feet of an educational institution at the secondary level or below, day care center, park, church, synagogue or other place of worship unless located within a hospital.
2015-S6589 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6589 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the location of methadone treatment centers PURPOSE OR IDEA OF GENERAL BILL : To relocate methadone treatment centers from the public or private educational institutions at the secondary level or below, day care center, church, public park, synagogue or other place of worship unless located in a hospital. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : To relocate methadone treatment centers which are within a radius of five hundred feet from the public and/or private educational institution at the secondary level or below, day care center, public park, church, synagogue, or other place of worship unless' located in a hospital. The distance shall be taken in a straight line from the center of the above mentioned places to the center of the nearest entrance of such methadone treatment center. JUSTIFICATION : The present existence of methadone treatment centers has distinct consequences upon the community, students, the parents and children of day care centers, and the general public attending their places of worship. Very often the problems of loitering and vandalism accompany the presence of methadone treatment centers. The relocation of these treatment centers would benefit the community in that the negative influences associated with them would not be felt by
2015-S6589 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6589 I N S E N A T E January 28, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the location of methadone treatment centers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 22.13 to read as follows: S 22.13 LOCATION OF METHADONE TREATMENT CENTERS. (A) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER OR OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, NO METHADONE TREATMENT CENTER SHALL BE ESTABLISHED, APPROVED, MAINTAINED OR CONTINUED WHICH SHALL BE WITHIN A RADIUS OF FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED AS A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL OR BELOW, DAY-CARE CENTER, PARK, CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP UNLESS LOCATED IN A HOSPITAL; THE MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE SUCH DISTANCE SHALL BE TAKEN IN A STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE CENTER OF THE NEAR- EST ENTRANCE OF SUCH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, DAY-CARE CENTER, CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP TO THE CENTER OF THE NEAREST ENTRANCE OF SUCH METHADONE TREATMENT CENTER. (B) WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS SECTION, THE WORD "ENTRANCE" SHALL MEAN A DOOR OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, OF A DAY-CARE CENTER, OF A HOUSE OF WORSHIP, OR OF SUCH METHADONE TREATMENT CENTER REGULARLY USED TO GIVE INGRESS TO STUDENTS, TO THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF THE DAY-CARE CENTER, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ATTENDING THE PLACE OF WORSHIP, AND TO ANY DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS BEING TREATED AT SUCH METHADONE TREATMENT CENTER; EXCEPT THAT, WHERE A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, DAY-CARE CENTER OR HOUSE OF WORSHIP IS SET BACK FROM A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE, THE WALKWAY OR STAIRS LEADING TO ANY SUCH DOOR SHALL BE DEEMED AN ENTRANCE AND THE MEASUREMENT SHALL BE TAKEN TO THE CENTER OF THE WALKWAY OR STAIRS AT THE POINT WHERE IT MEETS THE BUILDING LINE OR PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE. A DOOR WHICH HAS NO EXTERIOR HARDWARE, OR WHICH IS USED SOLELY AS AN EMERGENCY OR FIRE EXIT OR FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES, OR WHICH LEADS DIRECTLY TO A PART OF A BUILDING EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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