Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 14, 2016 | referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.260 rules report cal.260 reported |
Jun 06, 2016 | reported referred to rules |
Jun 01, 2016 | reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 06, 2016 | referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
Jan 08, 2015 | referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
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Marcos Crespo
Michael Montesano
Felix Ortiz
John T. McDonald III
Multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
A885 (ACTIVE) - Details
A885 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop training materials for health care providers and qualified health professionals, recognized by the office to enable the implementation of the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment program, regarding screening for alcoholism and chemical dependency.
A885 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 885 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 8, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, CRESPO, CLARK, MONTESANO, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop training materials for health care providers and qualified health professionals to encourage implementation of the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision (l) to read as follows: (L) THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, IN CONSUL- TATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE AND PUBLISH, IN ELECTRONIC OR OTHER FORMAT, TRAINING MATERIALS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVID- ERS, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, RECOGNIZED BY THE OFFICE TO ENABLE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PROGRAM (SBIRT). SUCH TRAINING MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE ANY AND ALL MATERIALS NECESSARY TO INFORM HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OF THE METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING THE SBIRT PROGRAM TO A PATIENT IN THE CARE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OR QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. SUCH TRAINING MATERIALS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THE OFFICIAL WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05021-01-5