Senate Bill S6499A

                             
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                                  6499--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  KENNEDY,  ASHBY,  MAY,  ROLISON -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders -- recommitted to the Committee
   on  Alcoholism  and  Substance Use Disorders in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing an
   intensive addiction recovery and  mental  health  integrated  services
   pilot  program;  and  providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Topher's Law".
   § 2.   The mental hygiene law is  amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 19.18-d to read as follows:
 § 19.18-D INTENSIVE  ADDICTION  AND  MENTAL  HEALTH  INTEGRATED SERVICES
             PILOT PROGRAM.
   1. WITHIN THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE OFFICE, A PILOT PROGRAM  SHALL
 BE  ESTABLISHED  TO  SUPPORT  TWO THREE-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS THAT
 PROVIDE INTENSIVE ADDICTION AND MENTAL  HEALTH  INTEGRATED  SERVICES  TO
 INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WHO HAVE
 HAD  MULTIPLE AND FREQUENT TREATMENT EPISODES.  ONE OF THE DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAMS SHALL BE LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA AND ONE SHALL BE LOCATED IN AN
 URBAN SETTING AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  THE SERVICES  PROVIDED
 SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT BE LIMITED TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICES
 FOR THE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT ADDICTION AND MENTAL  HEALTH
 ISSUES  AND  THEIR FAMILY, PEER SUPPORTS, AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE.
 SUCH SERVICES SHALL BE PRIMARILY PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNITY  OR  HOME  OF
 SUCH INDIVIDUAL, AS CLINICALLY AND SOCIALLY NECESSITATED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   2.  WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF
 THE  SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE STAND-
 ING COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE  ASSEM-
 BLY  COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE WITH A WRITTEN EVALUATION OF
 THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 THIS  SECTION.  SUCH EVALUATION SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, ADDRESS THE OVERALL
 EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS,  IDENTIFY  BEST  PRACTICES
 FOR  SERVICES  PROVIDED  UNDER  THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND ANY ADDI-
 TIONAL SERVICES THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE  WITHIN  EACH  TYPE  OF  PROGRAM
 OPERATED,  REGULATED,  FUNDED,  OR  APPROVED  BY THE OFFICE, AND ADDRESS
 WHETHER CONTINUATION OR EXPANSION OF THE PILOT  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  BY
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION IS RECOMMENDED.  THE WRITTEN EVALUATION
 SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2025 and shall expire on  the
 ninetieth  day  following  the  submission  of   the report provided for
 pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 19.18-d of the mental  hygiene  law
 as  added by section two of this act, when upon such date the provisions
 of this act shall be deemed repealed; provided that the commissioner  of
 the  office of addiction services and supports shall notify the legisla-
 tive bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the  submission  of
 such  report  provided  for in section two of this act in order that the
 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective  data  base  of
 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 effectuating  the  provisions  of  section 44 of the legislative law and
 section 70-b of the public officers law.