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Assembly Bill A8165

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to certifying recovery living residences

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2021-A8165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1416
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §32.05-a, Ment Hyg L

2021-A8165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides the commissioner of mental health may authorize the certification of recovery living residences and provide a list of such residences on the department of mental hygiene's website.

2021-A8165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8165
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to certifying recov-
   ery living residences
 
   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
 32.05-a to read as follows:
 § 32.05-A CERTIFICATION OF RECOVERY LIVING RESIDENCES.
   NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION  32.05  OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER MAY
 AUTHORIZE THE CERTIFICATION OF RECOVERY LIVING  RESIDENCES.    "RECOVERY
 LIVING  RESIDENCES"  SHALL  MEAN ANY RESIDENCE LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE
 WHERE THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF SUCH RESIDENCE HOLDS THE RESIDENCE OUT TO
 THE PUBLIC AS A LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR PERSONS RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE
 USE DISORDER, WHERE NO FORMAL TREATMENT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER  SERVICES
 ARE  PROVIDED  ON-SITE.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE A LIST OF CERTIFIED
 RECOVERY RESIDENCES AND MAKE  SUCH  LIST  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ON  THEIR
 WEBSITE.
   §  2.   This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05597-01-1

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