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Assembly Bill A8160

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program

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2023-A8160 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A8955

2023-A8160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program"; codifies the purposes of such program as offering financial education assistance to individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in addiction studies or the education requirements for an office of addiction services and supports credential at Alfred State College, Stony Brook University or Empire State University.

2023-A8160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8160
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  renaming  an
   office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS
   Father   Peter  Young  Memorial  Addiction  Professionals  Scholarship
   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 (o) to read as follows:
   (O) THE OFFICE SHALL ADMINISTER A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE NAMED  THE
 "NYS  FATHER  PETER  YOUNG  MEMORIAL ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS SCHOLARSHIP
 PROGRAM". SUCH PROGRAM SHALL OFFER  FINANCIAL  EDUCATION  ASSISTANCE  TO
 INDIVIDUALS  PURSUING  A  BACHELOR'S  DEGREE IN ADDICTION STUDIES OR THE
 EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AN OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND  SUPPORTS
 CREDENTIAL  AT  ALFRED  STATE  COLLEGE, STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY OR EMPIRE
 STATE UNIVERSITY. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL USE SUCH FUNDS AS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 BY THE GOVERNOR FOR THE PURPOSES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. THE COMMISSION-
 ER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO SEEK AND RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE DEEMED  NECES-
 SARY BY THE COMMISSIONER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN
 THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF  SUCH  PROGRAM.  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL OPERATE AS A
 CONTINUATION OF ANY PROGRAM OPERATING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE OFFICE
 FOR THE SAME PURPOSE IN EXISTENCE UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED  TO  PROMULGATE  ANY  RULES
 AND/OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13266-01-3

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