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                                   1987
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
   tals to provide medically supervised detoxification services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 2803-u
 of the public health law, as added by section 1 of part C of chapter  70
 of  the  laws  of  2016, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to
 read as follows:
   (b) establish and implement training, within existing or  in  addition
 to  current training programs, for all individuals licensed or certified
 pursuant to title eight of the education law who provide direct  patient
 care  regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to this
 section; [and]
   (c) except where an  individual  has  come  into  the  hospital  under
 section  22.09  of  the  mental  hygiene  law,  if the hospital does not
 directly provide substance use disorder services, then  it  shall  refer
 individuals in need of substance use disorder services to and coordinate
 with  substance  use  disorder services programs that provide behavioral
 health services, as defined  in  section  1.03  of  the  mental  hygiene
 law[.]; AND
   (D)  PROVIDE  MEDICALLY  SUPERVISED  DETOXIFICATION  SERVICES  TO  ALL
 PATIENTS REQUIRING SUCH SERVICES; PROVIDED, THAT IF THE HOSPITAL  IS  AT
 NINETY  PERCENT  CAPACITY  OR  GREATER,  SUCH HOSPITAL SHALL CONNECT THE
 PATIENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE FACILITY  WITHIN  SUCH  PATIENT'S  NETWORK  TO
 ACCESS  SUCH  MEDICALLY  SUPERVISED  DETOXIFICATION SERVICES WITHOUT ANY
 INCREASED RISK TO THE HEALTH OR LIFE OF THE PATIENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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