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Assembly Bill A8384A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to opioid reversal and peer to peer support services

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2017-A8384 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6509
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19.18-b, Ment Hyg L

2017-A8384 - Summary

Relates to providing certification for peer to peer support services to individuals who have been treated for opioid overdose.

2017-A8384 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8384
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to opioid overdose
   reversal and peer to peer support services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 19.18-b to read as follows:
 § 19.18-B SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PEER TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM.
   1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "PEER TO  PEER  SUPPORT  SERVICES"
 MEANS  PARTICIPANT-CENTERED SERVICES THAT EMPHASIZE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM
 THROUGH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN WHICH PEERS ARE ENCOURAGED  TO  SHARE  THEIR
 OWN  PERSONAL  EXPERIENCE  AND  FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
 ADDICTION, AND RECOVERY TO SUPPORT THE RECOVERY GOALS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
 USE DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
 SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  ADMINISTER A CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND STANDARDS OF
 TRAINING  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  PEER   SUPPORT
 SERVICES.
   3.  CERTIFIED  PEER  TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) DEVELOPING RECOVERY PLANS;
   (B) RAISING AWARENESS OF EXISTING SOCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES;
   (C) MODELING COPING SKILLS;
   (D) ASSISTING WITH APPLYING FOR BENEFITS;
   (E) ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS;
   (F) PROVIDING NON-CLINICAL CRISIS SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY AFTER PERIODS OF
 HOSPITALIZATION OR INCARCERATION;
   (G) ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS TO COURT APPEARANCES AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS;
   (H) WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS;
   (I) LINKING PARTICIPANTS TO FORMAL RECOVERY SUPPORTS;

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

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2017-A8384A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6509
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19.18-b, Ment Hyg L

2017-A8384A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing certification for peer to peer support services to individuals who have been treated for opioid overdose.

2017-A8384A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8384--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Alcoholism  and  Drug Abuse -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  opioid  overdose
   reversal and peer to peer support services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 19.18-b to read as follows:
 § 19.18-B SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PEER TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM.
   1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION "PEER TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES"
 MEANS PARTICIPANT-CENTERED SERVICES THAT EMPHASIZE KNOWLEDGE AND  WISDOM
 THROUGH  LIVED  EXPERIENCE  IN WHICH PEERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE THEIR
 OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND FIRST-HAND  KNOWLEDGE  OF  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE,
 ADDICTION, AND RECOVERY TO SUPPORT THE RECOVERY GOALS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
 USE DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A CERTIFICATION PROCESS  AND  STANDARDS  OF
 TRAINING   AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  PEER  SUPPORT
 SERVICES.
   3. CERTIFIED PEER TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) DEVELOPING RECOVERY PLANS;
   (B) RAISING AWARENESS OF EXISTING SOCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES;
   (C) MODELING COPING SKILLS;
   (D) ASSISTING WITH APPLYING FOR BENEFITS;
   (E) ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS;
   (F) PROVIDING NON-CLINICAL CRISIS SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY AFTER PERIODS OF
 HOSPITALIZATION OR INCARCERATION;
   (G) ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS TO COURT APPEARANCES AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS;
   (H) WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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