Assembly Actions -
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May 31, 2018 |
reported and committed to finance |
Mar 29, 2018 |
referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
Senate Bill S8117
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S8117 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §19.18-b, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S8117
2017-S8117 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8117 SPONSOR: JACOBS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to a family support and recovery services program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof PURPOSE: This bill creates a family support and recovery services program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends the mental hygiene law by adding a new section, 19.18-b, that instructs the commissioner to develop a family support and recovery services program. Section 2: is the enacting clause JUSTIFICATION:
2017-S8117 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8117 I N S E N A T E March 29, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to a family support and recovery services program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof 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 FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 1. WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PATIENTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, DURING TREATMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO SUCH PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR UP TO TWELVE MONTHS AFTER COMPLETION OF SUCH TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IDENTIFY WHERE THE FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES PROGRAMS WILL BE ESTABLISHED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND ANOTHER SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE IN LONG ISLAND. 2. FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE: (A) TREATMENT PLACEMENT SERVICES; (B) HOUSING PLACEMENT SERVICES; (C) PEER SUPPORTS, INCLUDING PEER TO PEER SUPPORT GROUPS; (D) EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT; AND (E) TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. 3. NOT LATER THAN APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE COMMIS- SIONER 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 WRITTEN EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM. SUCH EVALUATION SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, ADDRESS THE OVERALL EFFEC- TIVENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES FOR FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM, AND ANY ADDITIONAL FAMILY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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