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Assembly Bill A5953

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the availability of buprenorphine in opioid treatment programs

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2019-A5953 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §32.12, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A705
2023-2024: A1055

2019-A5953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all opioid treatment programs to have buprenorphine available for prescription to addicts.

2019-A5953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5953
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 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 the  availability
   of buprenorphine in opioid treatment programs
 
   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
 32.12 to read as follows:
 § 32.12 AVAILABILITY OF BUPRENORPHINE.
   ANY  PROVIDER  OF  SERVICES  OR FACILITY PROVIDING CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE
 SERVICES SHALL  HAVE  BUPRENORPHINE  AVAILABLE  TO  BE  ADMINISTERED  TO
 ADDICTS.  SUCH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY A PHYSICIAN
 OR GROUP OF PHYSICIANS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION  32.05  OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04835-01-9

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