NY State Senate Bill 2011-S4582

Senate Bill S4582

Signed By Governor

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires a representative of veteran and alcoholism or substance abuse programs to the advisory council on alcoholism and substance abuse services

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 23, 2011	signed chap.499
Sep 12, 2011	delivered to governor
Jun 15, 2011	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.550 substituted for s4582b
Jun 15, 2011	substituted by a141b
Jun 07, 2011	amended on third reading 4582b
May 16, 2011	amended on third reading (t) 4582a
May 10, 2011	advanced to third reading
May 09, 2011	2nd report cal.
May 04, 2011	1st report cal.550
Apr 12, 2011	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Votes

- Jun 15, 2011 - Floor Vote
  A141
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2011
      
      aye (62)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alesi
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Kruger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      McDonald
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
  May 4, 2011 - Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee Vote
  S4582
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee Vote: May 4, 2011
      
      aye (9)
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Duane
      
      Hannon
      
      Huntley
      
      Klein
      
      McDonald
      
      Seward
      
      Zeldin
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Peralta

Bill Amendments

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co-Sponsors

2011-S4582 - Details

Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §19.05, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S7566

2011-S4582 - Summary

Requires a representative of veteran and alcoholism or substance abuse programs to be on the advisory council on alcoholism and substance abuse programs as well as a representative who is a combat veteran and is recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse.

2011-S4582 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4582

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
council on alcoholism and substance abuse services

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To add a veterans provider
representative 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 twenty-six to twenty-eight; 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
alcoholism and substance abuse problems.
OASAS-certified programs treated nearly 14,000 veterans for alcohol or
substance abuse in the past year. According to the federal Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, approximately 75,000
New York veterans suffer from alcoholism or alcohol dependence. At
a joint hearing held February 2, 2010 by the Assembly Committees on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Veterans' Affairs, and Mental Health,
witnesses testified that many barriers exist for veterans seeking
alcohol and substance abuse treatment, including lack of information,
stigma, and lack of qualified counselors.

This bill requires that veterans get a voice on the OASAS advisory
council to ensure that veteran issues and barriers to treatment are
being adequately addressed in OASAS planning.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.10889, 2010 passed Assembly. Same as
S.7566-A, passed Senate. Vetoed (Veto No. 6721 of 2010).

FISCAL IMPLICATION:
Not yet determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2011-S4582 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4582

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  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, 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.
                                                           LBD00921-01-1

S. 4582                             2

  (2) ten representatives of providers of services to persons who  abuse
or  are  dependent  on  alcohol  and/or  substances or engage in problem
gambling, including but not limited to representatives of free  standing
inpatient  alcoholism  or substance abuse facilities, general hospitals,
residential facilities for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol
and/or substances, methadone maintenance programs, outpatient facilities
for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or substances, and
prevention and gambling programs, at least one of whom shall be a physi-
cian  and  not  more  than two shall represent each group of facilities;
[and]
  (3) six representatives of public and  private  payors  of  alcoholism
and/or  substance  abuse treatment including insurers, hospital, health,
and  medical  service  corporations  that  pay  for  alcoholism   and/or
substance  abuse  treatment,  self-insured employee benefit plans, union
welfare fund benefit plans, and  state  and  local  government  agencies
which  pay  for alcoholism or substance abuse treatment, at least one of
whom shall represent a hospital service corporation;
  (4) ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF A PROVIDER OR PROGRAM THAT  PROVIDES  TREAT-
MENT,  REHABILITATION,  AND  RELAPSE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO
VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN A COMBAT THEATER OR  COMBAT  ZONE  OF  OPER-
ATIONS; AND
  (5)  ONE CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS A VETERAN THAT HAS SERVED IN A
COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS, AND WHO IS RECOVERING  FROM
ALCOHOL AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2011-S4582A - Details

Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §19.05, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S7566

2011-S4582A - Summary

2011-S4582A - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4582A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring
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
council on alcoholism and substance abuse services

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require a veterans provider
representative and veterans consumer representative be included on
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 requiring that of the ten consumer
representatives on the OASAS advisory council, one of those
appointments shall be a veteran who has served in a combat theater or
combat zone of operations and is a member of a veterans organization.
This section further provides that of the ten representatives of
providers of services one shall have provided services to veterans

who have served in a combat theater or combat zone of operations.

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
alcoholism and substance abuse problems.
OASAS-certified programs treated nearly 14,000 veterans for alcohol or
substance abuse in the past year. According to the federal Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, approximately 75,000
New York veterans suffer from alcoholism or alcohol dependence. At a
joint hearing held February 2, 2010 by the Assembly Committees on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Veterans' Affairs, and Mental Health,
witnesses testified that many barriers exist for veterans seeking
alcohol and substance abuse treatment, including lack of information,
stigma, and lack of qualified counselors.

This bill requires that veterans have a voice on the OASAS advisory
council to ensure that veteran issues and barriers to treatment are
being adequately addressed in OASAS planning.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.10889, 2010 passed Assembly. Same as
S.7566-A, passed Senate. Vetoed (Veto No. 6721 of 2010).

FISCAL IMPLICATION:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2011-S4582A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4582--A
    Cal. No. 550

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  BALL,  AVELLA,  ZELDIN  -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental
  Health  and Developmental Disabilities -- reported favorably from said
  committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
  reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
  order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  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 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. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subdivision (a) of section  19.05  of
the  mental  hygiene law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2008,
are amended to read as follows:
  (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.  OF THE FOREGOING APPOINTMENTS, ONE SHALL BE A
VETERAN WHO HAS SERVED IN A COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF  OPERATIONS
AND IS A MEMBER OF A VETERANS ORGANIZATION;
  (2)  ten representatives of providers of services to persons who abuse
or are dependent on alcohol  and/or  substances  or  engage  in  problem
gambling,  including but not limited to representatives of free standing
inpatient alcoholism or substance abuse facilities,  general  hospitals,
residential facilities for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol
and/or substances, methadone maintenance programs, outpatient facilities
for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or substances, and
prevention and gambling programs, at least one of whom shall be a physi-
cian, AND ONE WHO HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN A
COMBAT  THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS and not more than two shall
represent each group of facilities; and
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00921-04-1

co-Sponsors

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §19.05, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S7566

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4582B

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring
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
council on alcoholism and substance abuse services

PURPOSE:
To require a veterans provider representative and veterans consumer
representative be included on 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 PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 19.05 of the Mental Hygiene law by
requiring that of the ten consumer representatives on the OASAS
advisory council, one of those appointments shall be a veteran who
has served in a combat theater or combat zone of operations and is a
member of a veterans organization. This section further provides that
of the ten representatives of providers of services one shall have
provided services to veterans who have served in a combat theater or
combat zone of operations.

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
alcoholism and substance abuse problems. OASAS-certified programs
treated nearly 14,000 veterans for alcohol or substance abuse in the
past year. According to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, approximately 75,000 New York veterans
suffer from alcoholism or alcohol dependence. At a joint hearing held
February 2, 2010 by the Assembly Committees on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse, Veterans' Affairs, and Mental Health, witnesses testified that
many barriers exist for veterans seeking alcohol and substance abuse
treatment, including lack of information, stigma, and lack of
qualified counselors.
This bill requires that veterans have a voice on the OASAS advisory
council to ensure that veteran issues and barriers to treatment are
being adequately addressed in OASAS planning.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.10889, 2010 passed Assembly. Same as S.7566-A, passed Senate.
Vetoed (Veto No. 6721 of 2010).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect
immediately - and shall
only apply to vacancies occurring on or after such effective date.

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4582--B
    Cal. No. 550

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  BALL,  AVELLA,  ZELDIN  -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental
  Health  and Developmental Disabilities -- reported favorably from said
  committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
  reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
  order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retain-
  ing its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  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 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. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subdivision (a) of section  19.05  of
the  mental  hygiene law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2008,
are amended to read as follows:
  (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.  OF THE FOREGOING APPOINTMENTS, ONE SHALL BE A
VETERAN WHO HAS SERVED IN A COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF  OPERATIONS
AND IS A MEMBER OF A VETERANS ORGANIZATION;
  (2)  ten representatives of providers of services to persons who abuse
or are dependent on alcohol  and/or  substances  or  engage  in  problem
gambling,  including but not limited to representatives of free standing
inpatient alcoholism or substance abuse facilities,  general  hospitals,
residential facilities for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol
and/or substances, methadone maintenance programs, outpatient facilities
for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or substances, and
prevention and gambling programs, at least one of whom shall be a physi-

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

                                                           LBD00921-05-1

S. 4582--B                          2

cian, AND ONE WHO HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN A
COMBAT  THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS and not more than two shall
represent each group of facilities; and
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall only apply to
vacancies occurring on or after such effective date.

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Sponsored By

Greg Ball

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A141 - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Tony Avella

Lee M. Zeldin

2011-S4582 - Details

2011-S4582 - Summary

2011-S4582 - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4582 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Tony Avella

Lee M. Zeldin

2011-S4582A - Details

2011-S4582A - Summary

2011-S4582A - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4582A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Tony Avella

Lee M. Zeldin

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4582B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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