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                                   5082
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, CUSICK -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  the  heroin  and
   opioid  addiction  wraparound  demonstration  services program; and to
   amend chapter 32 of the laws of 2014, amending the mental hygiene  law
   relating  to  the heroin and opioid addiction wraparound demonstration
   services program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  19.18-a of the mental hygiene law, as amended by
 section 1 of part C of chapter 69 of the laws of  2016,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
 § 19.18-a Heroin   and  opioid  addiction  wraparound  services  [demon-
             stration] program.
   1. The commissioner, in consultation with  the  department  of  health
 shall  develop a heroin and opioid addiction wraparound services [demon-
 stration] program. This program shall  provide  wraparound  services  to
 adolescent  and  adult  patients  during  treatment,  including, but not
 limited to, inpatient and outpatient treatment, and shall  be  available
 to  such  patients  for  a  clinically appropriate period for up to nine
 months after completion of  such  treatment  program.  The  commissioner
 shall  identify  and  establish  where  the  wraparound services [demon-
 stration] program will be provided.
   2. Wraparound services shall include;
   (a) Case management services which address:
   (i) Educational resources;
   (ii) Legal services;
   (iii) Financial services;
   (iv) Social services;
   (v) Family services; and
   (vi) Childcare services;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (b) Peer supports, including peer to peer support groups;
   (c) Employment support; and
   (d) Transportation assistance.
   3.  Not  later  than June 30, 2018, the commissioner shall provide the
 governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the
 assembly,  the  chair of the senate standing committee on alcoholism and
 drug abuse and the chair of the assembly  committee  on  alcoholism  and
 drug  abuse  with  a  written evaluation of the [demonstration] program.
 Such evaluation shall, at a minimum, address the  overall  effectiveness
 of  this [demonstration] program, identify best practices for wraparound
 services provided under this [demonstration] program, and any additional
 wraparound services that may be appropriate within each type of  program
 operated,  regulated,  funded,  or  approved  by  the office and address
 whether continuation or expansion of  this  [demonstration]  program  is
 recommended.  The  written  evaluation  shall  be  made available on the
 office's website.
   § 2. Section 2 of chapter 32 of the laws of 2014, amending the  mental
 hygiene  law    relating  to  the heroin and opioid addiction wraparound
 services demonstration program, as amended by section 2  of  part  C  of
 chapter 69 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, 2019].
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.