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Assembly Bill A6910

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment, incorporation and certification of addiction and substance abuse facilities in the city of New York

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2023-A6910 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9571

2023-A6910 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to ensure persons have accessible healthcare, treatment capacities and harm reduction services.

2023-A6910 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6910
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law,  in  relation  to  establishing,
   incorporating  and certifying addiction and substance abuse facilities
   in the city of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  271 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (g) (1) The commissioner shall establish and operate chemical  depend-
 ence  programs,  facilities, and services for the prevention, treatment,
 and rehabilitation, including relapse prevention  and  recovery  mainte-
 nance,  of  persons  who  abuse  or  are  dependent  on  alcohol  and/or
 substances, and significant others not limited to the psychiatric  model
 but embodying all recognized or promising approaches.
   (2)  IN  CITIES  WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL ENSURE PERSONS HAVE ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE, TREATMENT CAPAC-
 ITIES AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
   (I) IN ANY ONE OF THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS CANNOT
 EXCEED TWO PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENROLLED IN THE OFFICE
 OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS PROGRAMS;
   (II) IN ANY OF THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS, THE NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  CANNOT
 FALL  BELOW .2% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENROLLED IN THE OFFICE OF
 ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS PROGRAMS;
   (III) IN ANY  ONE  LOCATION,  OR  WITHIN  ONE  HUNDRED  FEET  OF  SUCH
 LOCATION,  THE  NUMBER OF PERSONS CANNOT EXCEED ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
 NUMBER OF PERSONS ENROLLED IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND
 SUPPORTS PROGRAMS; AND
   (IV)  NO  LICENSE  SHALL  BE  ISSUED  ON THE SAME STREET OR WITHIN TWO
 HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING THAT IS USED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL, CHURCH,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02442-03-3

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