Assembly Bill A10758

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain persons providing substance abuse treatment on counseling to complete training in medication assisted treatment

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

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2015-A10758 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8234
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.31, Ment Hyg L (as proposed in S.7301 & A.10294)
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A373, S981

2015-A10758 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring certain persons providing substance abuse treatment or counseling to complete training in medication assisted treatment.

2015-A10758 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10758

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 23, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal)
  -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Alcoholism  and  Drug
  Abuse

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring certain
  persons  providing substance abuse treatment on counseling to complete
  training in medication assisted treatment

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

  Section  1.  Section  19.31  of  the mental hygiene law, as added by a
chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the mental hygiene law relating  to
requiring  certain  persons providing substance abuse treatment on coun-
seling  to  complete  training  in  medication  assisted  treatment,  as
proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S. 7301 and A. 10294, is amended
to read as follows:
S 19.31 Medication assisted treatment training requirement.
  Every person who is a  credentialed  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
counselor  pursuant  to subdivision (d) of section 19.07 of this article
[or a qualified health care  professional]  who  provides  treatment  or
counseling  services  at a substance use disorder facility, [at a school
or pursuant to the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000,] shall,  within
eighteen months of the effective date of this section or within one year
of  commencing the provision of any such treatment or counseling, which-
ever shall be later,  successfully  complete  a  course  of  instruction
relating to medication assisted treatment approved by the office.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the mental hygiene  law
relating  to  requiring certain persons providing substance abuse treat-
ment on counseling to complete training in  medication  assisted  treat-
ment,  as  proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S. 7301 and A. 10294,
takes effect.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13640-03-6

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