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Assembly Bill A8536

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the approval of licenses for certain alcohol and substance abuse programs within five hundred feet of a school, public park, or church, synagogue, or other place of worship

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2019-A8536 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.21, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A5123

2019-A8536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the approval of licenses for alcoholism programs, substance abuse programs, and chemical dependence programs within five hundred feet of a school, public park, or church, synagogue, or other place of worship.

2019-A8536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8536
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  prohibiting  the
   approval   of   licenses  for  alcoholism  programs,  substance  abuse
   programs, and chemical dependence programs within five hundred feet of
   a school, public park, or church, synagogue, or other place of worship
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 19.21 of the mental hygiene law,
 as  added  by  chapter  223  of  the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) The office shall inspect and approve or disapprove the  facilities
 of  and  the  services  provided by alcoholism programs, substance abuse
 programs, and chemical dependence programs, and any program or  facility
 purporting  to  provide  such services. THE OFFICE SHALL NOT APPROVE ANY
 FACILITY OF OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY ANY  ALCOHOLISM  PROGRAM,  SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE PROGRAM, OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE PROGRAM, OR ANY PROGRAM OR FACILI-
 TY  PURPORTING TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WHERE SUCH FACILITY IS, OR WHERE
 THE LOCATION OF SUCH SERVICES ARE, LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A
 SCHOOL, PUBLIC PARK, OR CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13516-01-9

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