senate Bill S2507

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop training materials for screening for alcoholism and chemical dependency

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 04, 2020 referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 15, 2020 advanced to third reading
Jan 14, 2020 2nd report cal.
Jan 13, 2020 1st report cal.65
Jan 08, 2020 referred to alcoholism and substance abuse
returned to senate
died in assembly
May 13, 2019 referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
delivered to assembly
passed senate
May 08, 2019 advanced to third reading
May 07, 2019 2nd report cal.
May 06, 2019 1st report cal.580
Jan 25, 2019 referred to alcoholism and substance abuse

Votes

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Jan 13, 2020 - Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders committee Vote

S2507
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote: Jan 13, 2020

May 6, 2019 - Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders committee Vote

S2507
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote: May 6, 2019

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S2507 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3391
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7804
2013-2014: A1610
2015-2016: A885
2017-2018: A3091
2021-2022: S345, A8419

S2507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop training materials for health care providers and qualified health professionals, recognized by the office to enable the implementation of the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment program, regarding screening for alcoholism and chemical dependency.

S2507 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2507

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 25, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
  Abuse

AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the
  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop  training
  materials for health care providers and qualified health professionals
  to  encourage implementation of the screening, brief intervention, and
  referral to treatment program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  19.07  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows:
  (M) THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, IN  CONSUL-
TATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE AND PUBLISH, IN
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER FORMAT, TRAINING MATERIALS FOR HEALTH  CARE  PROVID-
ERS,  AS  DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT
OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, RECOGNIZED
BY THE OFFICE TO ENABLE  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  SCREENING,  BRIEF
INTERVENTION,  AND  REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PROGRAM (SBIRT). SUCH TRAINING
MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE ANY AND ALL MATERIALS NECESSARY TO INFORM HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS AND QUALIFIED HEALTH  PROFESSIONALS  OF  THE  METHOD  FOR
ADMINISTERING  THE SBIRT PROGRAM TO A PATIENT IN THE CARE OF HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS OR QUALIFIED HEALTH  PROFESSIONALS.  SUCH  TRAINING  MATERIALS
SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND QUALIFIED HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THE  OFFICIAL  WEBSITES  OF  THE  OFFICE  AND  THE
DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE
COMMISSIONER.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02754-01-9

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