Senate Bill S5576

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes contingency management services for certain persons with substance use disorders

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee


  • 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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2023-S5576 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§19.03 & 19.17, Ment Hyg L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7485

2023-S5576 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to provide contingency management services, including financial incentives, for persons with addiction disorders who abstain from substance abuse and comply with treatment objectives.

2023-S5576 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5576 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5576
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 and the social services law, in
   relation to establishing contingency management services  for  certain
   persons with substance use disorders

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 19.03 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.   "CONTINGENCY   MANAGEMENT   SERVICES"  MEANS  ADDICTION  DISORDER
 SERVICES, INCLUDING DIGITAL  THERAPEUTICS  PRESCRIBED  BY  A  HEALTHCARE
 PROFESSIONAL,  FOR  PERSONS  WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER THAT PROVIDES
 INDIVIDUALS WITH A FINANCIAL  INCENTIVE  OR  POSITIVE  REINFORCEMENT  TO
 ABSTAIN FROM SUBSTANCE USE, BY REWARDING SPECIFIED BEHAVIORS, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONTINUED EVIDENCE OF NEGATIVE URINALYSIS, ENGAGEMENT
 IN TREATMENT, AND OTHER BEHAVIOR WHICH ADHERES TO TREATMENT GOALS.
   §  2.  Section  19.17 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
   (H) (1) THE OFFICE SHALL,  IN  COORDINATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH  AND THE NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF LOCAL MENTAL HYGIENE DIREC-
 TORS, ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE  OF  SECTION  19.03  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  FOR
 PERSONS  ELIGIBLE  FOR  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE
 FIVE OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW  FOR  INDIVIDUALS  IN  RECOVERY  FOR
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
   (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  CONTRARY  PROVISION  OF  LAW, INCENTIVES OR
 REWARDS FOR CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES RECEIVED  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED INCOME OR RESOURCES
 OF  AN  INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY DETERMINATIONS OF ELIGIBILITY
 FOR ANY OTHER STATE PROGRAM OR BENEFIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08374-01-3
              

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