NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3591

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
Jan 25, 2017	referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Add §22.13, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S5471
2015-2016: S3980
2019-2020: S5043
2021-2022: S5657
2023-2024: S7333

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the community chemical dependency services expansion program; provides funding for local governmental units for the provision of new and expanded chemical dependency services.

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3591

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation
to establishing the community chemical dependency services expansion
program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill aims to create a chemical dependence detoxification
reinvestment program with a mechanism to link patients to treatment
upon the conclusion of their detoxification. This bill would take
funds that were saved by providing more effective treatment and
reinvest them into the system to treat others suffering from chemical
dependence.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends the mental hygiene law by adding a new
section 22.13 which would establish the community chemical dependency
services expansion program.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In the area of addiction treatment, one of the most pressing needs for
systemic reform relates to detoxification for individuals with

addiction treatment needs. The current detoxification service delivery
system relies almost exclusively on intensive, inpatient,
hospital-based detoxification. Many of those served in hospital-based
programs do not require such a high level of care and could be served
in less intensive, and less expensive, community-based detoxification
programs. In order to meet increasing demands for community based
detoxification services community based providers need additional
financial resources to maintain an appropriate level of care.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.3980A - Amend and Recommit to Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
2013-14: S.5471A- Amend and Recommit to Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
2011-12: A.1887 - Referred to Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
2009-10: A.6952 - Referred to Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

This bill will be funded on projected savings resulting from recent
detoxification hospital rate reforms that are to encourage more
efficient discharge planning and utilization of less expensive
community based detoxification services. These rate reforms will
phased in over a 4 year period.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and expire on March 31, 2021.

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3591
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 establishing  the
   community  chemical dependency services expansion program; and provid-
   ing for the repeal of such provisions upon 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
 22.13 to read as follows:
 § 22.13 COMMUNITY CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES EXPANSION PROGRAM.
   (A) COMMUNITY CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES EXPANSION  FUNDS  SHALL  BE
 ANNUALLY  ALLOCATED  BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING CRITE-
 RIA:
   1. THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF FUNDING  WITHIN  THE
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL  UNIT  FOR  THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH
 SERIOUS CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY IN ORDER TO ASSURE THAT RESOURCES  ARE  MADE
 AVAILABLE TO PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY;
   2. PROVISIONS THAT GRANTEES OF SUCH FUNDS FOR THE PROVISION  OF CHEMI-
 CAL  DEPENDENCY  DETOXIFICATION  SERVICES SHALL HAVE A MECHANISM TO LINK
 ALL CLIENTS RECEIVING DETOXIFICATION SERVICES TO ONGOING  TREATMENT  FOR
 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY IMMEDIATELY UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR DETOXIFICA-
 TION; AND
   3.  OTHER  RELEVANT  FACTORS  THAT REQUIRE THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING
 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CHEMICAL DEPEND-
 ENCY SERVICES.
   (B) AMOUNTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY  BE  USED  TO
 FUND  CHEMICAL  DEPENDENCY  TREATMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING DETOXIFICATION
 SERVICES, AND ASSOCIATED LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
 SUCH AS APPROVED NET OPERATING COST, FEE-FOR-SERVICE  REIMBURSEMENT,  OR
 OTHER  FINANCIAL  MECHANISMS  DESIGNED  TO ACHIEVE INCREASED QUALITY AND
 COST EFFECTIVENESS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07491-01-7

 S. 3591                             2
 
   (C) FUNDS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  TO  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTAL  UNITS IN PROPORTION TO EACH UNIT'S UNMET NEED FOR CHEMICAL
 DEPENDENCY TREATMENT SERVICES, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE, EXCEPT THAT
 IN DISTRIBUTING SUCH FUNDS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER  THE  EXTENT
 TO WHICH EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT HAS MAINTAINED LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS
 FOR  EXPENDITURES  OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES MADE PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION IN ANY FISCAL YEAR AT A LEVEL  EQUAL  TO  OR  GREATER  THAN  THE
 AMOUNT  EXPENDED  FOR SUCH   SERVICES BY SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IN
 THE LAST COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR PRECEDING THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO  MAKE  INSPECTIONS
 AND  EXAMINE  RECORDS  OF  A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT RECEIVING STATE AID
 UNDER THIS SECTION OR A PROVIDER OF SERVICES FUNDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION (B) OF THIS SECTION. SUCH EXAMINATION SHALL  INCLUDE  ALL  MEDICAL,
 SERVICE AND FINANCIAL RECORDS, RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, CONTRACTS, LOANS
 AND OTHER MONEYS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL OPERATION OF THE PROVIDER.
   (E)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  COMMUNITY CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES EXPANSION
 FUNDS FOR THE OFFICE SHALL BE DETERMINED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND  SHALL
 INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE
 TO  REDUCTIONS  IN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES FOR MEDICALLY MANAGED
 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DETOXIFICATION. SUCH REDUCTIONS SHALL BE  CALCULATED
 BY COMPARING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES FOR MEDICALLY MANAGED CHEM-
 ICAL  DEPENDENCY  DETOXIFICATION IN THE BASE YEAR WITH THE SAME EXPENDI-
 TURES IN THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE BASE YEAR.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE BASE YEAR SHALL BE THE STATE FISCAL YEAR
 IN WHICH THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET IS ISSUED. IN COMPUTING SUCH GENERAL  FUND
 EXPENDITURES,  AND  IN  COMPUTING  THE STATE SHARE OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE  STATE  SHARE  OF  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  IN
 EFFECT ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIVE SHALL BE USED.
   (F) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION
 41.03  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL  APPLY,  EXCEPT THAT CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
 TREATMENT SERVICES SHALL NOT INCLUDE  MEDICALLY  MANAGED  DETOXIFICATION
 PROVIDED  IN GENERAL HOSPITALS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   (G) NO PROVISION IN THIS SECTION SHALL CREATE OR BE DEEMED  TO  CREATE
 ANY  RIGHT,  INTEREST  OR  ENTITLEMENT TO SERVICES OR FUNDS THAT ARE THE
 SUBJECT OF THIS SECTION, OR TO ANY OTHER SERVICES OR FUNDS,  WHETHER  TO
 INDIVIDUALS,  LOCALITIES,  PROVIDERS  OR OTHERS, INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLEC-
 TIVELY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed March 31, 2021.

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Senate Bill S3591

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

co-Sponsors

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

co-Sponsors

Jamaal T. Bailey

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Velmanette Montgomery

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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