Senate Bill S8220A

                             
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                                  8220--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2022
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 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law  and  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  certain  SUNY  and  CUNY schools to establish
   substance use recovery housing programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT RULES REQUIRING THAT
 EACH INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN WHICH  AT  LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDENTS LIVE IN ON-CAMPUS
 HOUSING ESTABLISH A SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE  A
 SUPPORTIVE  SUBSTANCE-FREE ON-CAMPUS HOUSING ENVIRONMENT THAT RECOGNIZES
 THE UNIQUE RISKS AND CHALLENGES THAT RECOVERING STUDENTS FACE, AND  THAT
 PROVIDES  SUPPORT  PROGRAMS  TO  RECOVERING  STUDENTS  WHO RESIDE IN THE
 RECOVERY HOUSING TO ASSIST THEIR EFFORTS TO REMAIN SUBSTANCE-FREE.  SUCH
 PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, ON-SITE COUNSELING, MENTORING,  AND
 PEER  SUPPORT.  AN  INSTITUTION  MAY  DESIGNATE  A FLOOR, WING, OR OTHER
 DESIGNATED AREA WITHIN AN ON-CAMPUS HOUSING BUILDING FOR SUCH  SUBSTANCE
 USE  RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM, AND SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE AN
 ENTIRE DORMITORY BUILDING FOR THE PROGRAM. THE INSTITUTION  SHALL  APPLY
 FOR  ANY  FEDERAL,  STATE, CORPORATE, OR OTHER GRANT FUNDING THAT MAY BE
 AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT SUCH  SUBSTANCE  USE  RECOVERY  HOUSING  PROGRAM.
 EACH  INSTITUTION  SHALL  SUBMIT  A PLAN FOR SUCH SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY
 HOUSING PROGRAM TO THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION  TO  BE  REVIEWED  AND
 APPROVED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  HIGHER EDUCATION, THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION
 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH. SUCH PLAN  SHALL
 BE  SUBMITTED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
 EACH INSTITUTION SHALL IMPLEMENT SUCH  SUBSTANCE  USE  RECOVERY  HOUSING
 PROGRAM WITHIN FOUR YEARS AFTER SUCH PLAN IS APPROVED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13094-03-2
              

 S. 8220--A                          2
 
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT RULES REQUIRING THAT EACH INSTI-
 TUTION  OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN WHICH AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS LIVE IN ON-CAMPUS  HOUSING  ESTAB-
 LISH  A  SUBSTANCE  USE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE
 SUBSTANCE-FREE ON-CAMPUS HOUSING ENVIRONMENT THAT RECOGNIZES THE  UNIQUE
 RISKS  AND  CHALLENGES  THAT RECOVERING STUDENTS FACE, AND THAT PROVIDES
 SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO RECOVERING STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN THE RECOVERY HOUS-
 ING TO ASSIST THEIR EFFORTS TO  REMAIN  SUBSTANCE-FREE.    SUCH  PROGRAM
 SHALL  INCLUDE,  AT  A  MINIMUM, ON-SITE COUNSELING, MENTORING, AND PEER
 SUPPORT. AN INSTITUTION MAY DESIGNATE A FLOOR, WING, OR OTHER DESIGNATED
 AREA WITHIN AN ON-CAMPUS HOUSING BUILDING FOR SUCH SUBSTANCE USE  RECOV-
 ERY  HOUSING  PROGRAM,  AND SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE AN ENTIRE
 DORMITORY BUILDING FOR THE PROGRAM. THE INSTITUTION SHALL APPLY FOR  ANY
 FEDERAL,  STATE, CORPORATE, OR OTHER GRANT FUNDING THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE
 TO IMPLEMENT SUCH SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM.  EACH INSTITU-
 TION SHALL SUBMIT A PLAN FOR SUCH SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM
 TO THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO BE REVIEWED  AND  APPROVED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION,  THE  OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES AND
 SUPPORTS, AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH. SUCH PLAN SHALL BE  SUBMITTED
 WITHIN  ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  EACH INSTI-
 TUTION SHALL IMPLEMENT SUCH SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM WITH-
 IN FOUR YEARS AFTER SUCH PLAN IS APPROVED.
   § 3. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision (i) to read as follows:
   (I) THE OFFICE SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF HIGHER  EDUCA-
 TION AND THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, REVIEW PLANS FOR
 THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM SUBMITTED
 BY EACH INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW  YORK  AND  THE  CITY
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  AND ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE APPROVAL AND
 DENIAL OF SUCH PLANS.
   § 4. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (o) to read as follows:
   (O)  THE OFFICE SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCA-
 TION AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, REVIEW PLANS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
 OF A SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM SUBMITTED BY  EACH  INSTITU-
 TION  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK AND ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE APPROVAL AND DENIAL OF SUCH PLANS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.