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                                  6509--A
     Cal. No. 1671
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2017
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 Introduced  by Sens. JACOBS, O'MARA, PHILLIPS, RITCHIE -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Alcoholism  and  Drug  Abuse  --  committee  discharged  and said bill
   committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered  to  a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 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;

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

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   (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, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT;
   (J) EDUCATING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ABOUT VARIOUS  MODES  OF  RECOVERY,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT;
   (K)  PEER  ENGAGEMENT COORDINATION WITH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES TO
 ASSIST ANY PATIENT THAT HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST BY  A
 MEDICAL  PROVIDER  TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS TO TREATMENT, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND OTHER  SUPPORTS  AFTER
 AN  OPIOID  OVERDOSE  REVERSAL OR AFTER DISCHARGE FROM ANOTHER SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE RELATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT; AND
   (L) PEER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATION  WITH  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  DEPARTMENTS,
 FIRE  DEPARTMENTS  AND  OTHER  FIRST RESPONDER DEPARTMENTS TO ASSIST ANY
 INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST  BY  A  FIRST
 RESPONDER  TO  ESTABLISH  CONNECTIONS  TO  TREATMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT  AND  OTHER  SUPPORT  SERVICES
 AFTER AN OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
 before such effective date.