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Senate Bill S8725

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals

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2019-S8725 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4943
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-S8725 (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-S8725 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8725
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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,
 AND DETERMINED TO  HAVE,  A  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER;  (3)  INFORMATION
 REGARDING  WHICH  SUBSTANCES INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS ARE MOST DEPENDENT
 UPON AND THE  AVAILABLE  TREATMENT  FOR  SUCH  INDIVIDUALS  WITHIN  EACH
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY;  (4) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTIC-
 IPATE IN EACH OF THE TREATMENT PROGRAMS OPERATED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; AND (5) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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