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Assembly Bill A8392

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to state aid provided to volunteer agencies for the provision of certain addiction services

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2025-A8392 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25.11, Ment Hyg L

2025-A8392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any volunteer agency who is granted state aid by the office of addiction services and supports or pursuant to a contract with a local governmental unit shall receive the full amount of such state aid within sixty days from approval; provides that volunteer agencies shall have two years to spend such aid.

2025-A8392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8392
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BURROUGHS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the  mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  state  aid
   provided  to volunteer agencies for the provision of certain addiction
   services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  25.11  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A
 VOLUNTEER AGENCY WHO IS GRANTED STATE AID BY THE OFFICE OR PURSUANT TO A
 CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT SHALL RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF
 SUCH  STATE  AID  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS  FROM  THE  TIME SUCH STATE AID IS
 APPROVED. ONCE A VOLUNTEER AGENCY HAS  RECEIVED  SUCH  STATE  AID,  SUCH
 VOLUNTEER  AGENCY  SHALL  UTILIZE THE FULL AMOUNT OF SUCH AID WITHIN TWO
 YEARS OF RECEIPT FOR  PURPOSES  OF  PROVIDING  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER,
 TREATMENT,  COMPULSIVE GAMBLING, PREVENTION OR OTHER AUTHORIZED SERVICES
 AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11466-01-5

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