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Assembly Bill A4943B

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals

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2019-A4943 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8725
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A540

2019-A4943 - Summary

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals; requires the office of addiction services and supports to monitor programs providing treatment to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities and provide an annual report.

2019-A4943 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4943
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 annual  reporting
   on inmate substance abuse
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law,
 as amended by section 118-f of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of  the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (h)  The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall moni-
 tor programs providing care and treatment  to  inmates  in  correctional
 facilities  operated  by  the  department  of  corrections and community
 supervision who have a history of alcohol or substance abuse or  depend-
 ence.  The  office  shall  also  develop guidelines for the operation of
 alcohol and substance abuse  treatment  programs  in  such  correctional
 facilities  in  order to ensure that such programs sufficiently meet the
 needs of inmates with a history of alcohol or substance abuse or depend-
 ence and promote the successful transition to treatment in the community
 upon release. No later than the first day of December of each year,  the
 office  shall submit a report regarding: (1) the adequacy and effective-
 ness of alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs operated  by  the
 department  of  corrections  and  community  supervision;  (2) THE TOTAL
 NUMBER OF INMATES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES  THAT  HAVE  BEEN  SCREENED
 FOR, AND DETERMINED TO HAVE, A SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER; (3) INFORMATION
 REGARDING  WHICH  SUBSTANCES  INMATES  ARE  MOST  DEPENDENT UPON AND THE
 AVAILABLE TREATMENT FOR SUCH INMATES WITHIN EACH CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY;
 AND (4) THE NUMBER OF INMATES RECEIVING TREATMENT IN CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
 ITIES FOR EACH SUBSTANCE. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE SENT to the governor, the
 temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the speaker of the assembly, the
 chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction,
 and the chairman of the assembly committee on correction.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

co-Sponsors

2019-A4943A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8725
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A540

2019-A4943A - Summary

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals; requires the office of addiction services and supports to monitor programs providing treatment to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities and provide an annual report.

2019-A4943A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4943--A
                                                         Cal. No. 190
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DenDEKKER -- read once and referred
   to  the  Committee  on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  on  the
   order of third reading

 AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual reporting
   on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law,
 as  amended by section 118-f of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] ADDICTION  services
 AND  SUPPORTS  shall  monitor  programs  providing care and treatment to
 [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS in correctional  facilities  operated
 by  the  department  of corrections and community supervision who have a
 history of alcohol or substance [abuse] USE DISORDER or dependence.  The
 office  shall  also  develop guidelines for the operation of alcohol and
 substance [abuse] USE DISORDER treatment programs in  such  correctional
 facilities, BASED ON BEST PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE USE OF HARM REDUCTION
 STRATEGIES,  AND  TAILORED  TO  THE NATURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S SUBSTANCE
 USE, HISTORY OF PAST TREATMENT, AND HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS OR TRAUMA,
 in order to ensure that such programs sufficiently  meet  the  needs  of
 [inmates]   INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  with  a  history  of  alcohol  or
 substance [abuse] USE DISORDER or dependence and promote the  successful
 transition to treatment in the community upon release. No later than the
 first  day  of  December  of each year, the office shall submit a report
 regarding: (1) the adequacy and effectiveness of alcohol  and  substance
 [abuse]  USE  DISORDER  treatment programs operated by the department of
 corrections and community supervision; (2) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCARCER-
 ATED INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR,
 AND DETERMINED TO  HAVE,  A  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER;  (3)  INFORMATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

co-Sponsors

2019-A4943B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8725
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A540

2019-A4943B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals; requires the office of addiction services and supports to monitor programs providing treatment to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities and provide an annual report.

2019-A4943B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4943--B
                                                         Cal. No. 190
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DenDEKKER -- read once and referred
   to  the  Committee  on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  on  the
   order  of  third  reading  --  again amended on third reading, ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual  reporting
   on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law,
 as amended by section 118-f of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of  the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (h)  The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] ADDICTION services
 AND SUPPORTS shall monitor programs  providing  care  and  treatment  to
 [inmates]  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS in correctional facilities operated
 by the department of corrections and community supervision  who  have  a
 history  of alcohol or substance [abuse] USE DISORDER or dependence. The
 office shall also develop guidelines for the operation  of  alcohol  and
 substance  [abuse]  USE DISORDER treatment programs in such correctional
 facilities, BASED ON BEST PRACTICES, AND TAILORED TO THE NATURE  OF  THE
 INDIVIDUAL'S  SUBSTANCE  USE,  HISTORY OF PAST TREATMENT, AND HISTORY OF
 MENTAL ILLNESS OR TRAUMA, WHICH MAY INCLUDE HARM  REDUCTION  STRATEGIES,
 in  order  to  ensure  that such programs sufficiently meet the needs of
 [inmates]  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  with  a  history  of  alcohol   or
 substance  [abuse] USE DISORDER or dependence and promote the successful
 transition to treatment in the community upon release. No later than the
 first day of December of each year, the office  shall  submit  a  report
 regarding:  (1)  the adequacy and effectiveness of alcohol and substance
 [abuse] USE DISORDER treatment programs operated by  the  department  of
 corrections and community supervision; (2) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCARCER-
 ATED INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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