NY State Senate Bill 2023-S3390A

Senate Bill S3390A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the payment for services at addiction treatment centers operated by the office of addiction services and supports

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Actions

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 23, 2024	advanced to third reading
Jan 22, 2024	2nd report cal.
Jan 17, 2024	1st report cal.147
Jan 03, 2024	referred to alcoholism and substance use disorders
May 17, 2023	reported and committed to finance
Apr 19, 2023	print number 3390a
Apr 19, 2023	amend and recommit to alcoholism and substance use disorders
Jan 31, 2023	referred to alcoholism and substance use disorders

Votes

- Jan 17, 2024 - Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote
  S3390A
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote: Jan 17, 2024
      
      aye (6)
      
      Fernandez
      
      Harckham
      
      Martinez
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      excused (1)
      
      Oberacker
  May 17, 2023 - Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote
  S3390A
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote: May 17, 2023
      
      aye (7)
      
      Fernandez
      
      Harckham
      
      Martinez
      
      Oberacker
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2023-S3390 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4213
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §25.17, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S7350, A8358

2023-S3390 - Summary

Requires that services at addiction treatment centers operated by the office of addiction services and supports shall not be refused at such centers if a person is unable to pay.

2023-S3390 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3390 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3390
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 the payment for
   services at addiction treatment centers  operated  by  the  office  of
   addiction services and supports

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 25.17 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as  amended  by
 section  12  of  part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
 read as follows:
 § 25.17 Fees for services.
   Voluntary agencies and programs operated by local  governmental  units
 funded in whole or in part by the office shall establish, subject to the
 approval  of the office, fee schedules for substance use disorder and/or
 compulsive gambling services, INCLUDING FOR SUCH SERVICES  AT  ADDICTION
 TREATMENT  CENTERS  OPERATED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND
 SUPPORTS, not specifically covered by the rates established pursuant  to
 article  twenty-eight  of  the public health law or title two of article
 five of the  social  services  law.  Such  fees  shall  be  charged  for
 substance  use disorder and/or compulsive gambling services furnished to
 persons who are financially able to pay the same,  provided,  that  such
 services  shall  not  be  refused  to  any person because of [his] THEIR
 inability to pay therefor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07503-01-3

co-Sponsors

2023-S3390A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4213
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §25.17, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S7350, A8358

2023-S3390A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that services at addiction treatment centers operated by the office of addiction services and supports shall not be refused at such centers if a person is unable to pay.

2023-S3390A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3390A

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the payment for
services at addiction treatment centers operated by the office of
addiction services and supports

 
PURPOSE:

Relates to the payment for services at addiction treatment centers oper-
ated by the office of addiction services and supports

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 25.17 of the mental hygiene law expanding the
fee schedules to include services at addiction treatment centers by the
office of addiction services and supports.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Substance use disorder (SUD) is a life threatening disorder that can
affect individuals of all social and economic backgrounds. With
substance use, an individual's willingness or desire to get help or the
realization that help is necessary can fade quickly, further reiterating
the need for industry to acknowledge that no door is the wrong door to
seek treatment, and that time is of the essence.

Individuals should not be turned away from life saving services regard-
less of their ability to pay. The facilities run by the Office of
Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) should be held under the same
standards as OASAS funded community-based facilities currently are. This
legislation seeks to save lives by creating a pathway to treatment
regardless of the individual's current ability to pay.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S7350/A8358 - Died in Alcoholism and Substance Use

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth 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.

2023-S3390A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3390--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
   Abuse  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the  payment  for
   services  at  addiction  treatment  centers  operated by the office of
   addiction services and supports
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  25.17  of  the mental hygiene law, as amended by
 section 12 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
 § 25.17 Fees for services.
   Voluntary  agencies  and programs operated by local governmental units
 funded in whole or in part by the office shall establish, subject to the
 approval of the office, fee schedules for substance use disorder  and/or
 compulsive  gambling  services, INCLUDING FOR SUCH SERVICES AT ADDICTION
 TREATMENT CENTERS OPERATED BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND
 SUPPORTS,  not specifically covered by the rates established pursuant to
 article twenty-eight of the public health law or title  two  of  article
 five  of  the  social  services  law.  Such  fees  shall  be charged for
 substance use disorder and/or compulsive gambling services furnished  to
 persons  who  are  financially able to pay the same, provided, that such
 services shall not be refused to  any  person  because  of  [his]  THEIR
 inability to pay therefor.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth 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.
                                                            LBD07503-02-3

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