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Assembly Bill A9525

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing peer support services for families of substance abusers

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2017-A9525 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19.18-b, Ment Hyg L

2017-A9525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a pilot program to provide peer support services for families of individuals affected by substance use disorders.

2017-A9525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9525
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing peer
   support  services  for  family  members  of  individuals  affected  by
   substance use disorders
 
   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 PEER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSERS.
   1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "PEER SUPPORT SERVICES" MEANS PARTICI-
 PANT-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 THOSE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE
 DISORDERS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,
 SHALL DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMI-
 LIES OF INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. THE COMMISSION-
 ER SHALL IDENTIFY AND ESTABLISH WHERE SUCH PILOT PROGRAM'S SERVICES WILL
 BE PROVIDED. SUCH PILOT PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE SERVICES TO FAMILY MEMBERS
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) DEVELOPING COPING PLANS;
   (B) RAISING AWARENESS OF EXISTING SOCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES;
   (C) MODELING COPING SKILLS;
   (D) ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS;
   (E)  PROVIDING NON-CLINICAL CRISIS SUPPORT AFTER PERIODS OF HOSPITALI-
 ZATION OR INCARCERATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS;
   (F) WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS;
   (G) EDUCATING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ABOUT VARIOUS  MODES  OF  RECOVERY,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT; AND
   (H)  PEER  ENGAGEMENT  COORDINATION  WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS,
 FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDER DEPARTMENTS TO LEARN  HOW  TO
 ASSIST ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT IS SUFFERING FROM AN APPARENT OVERDOSE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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