Senate Bill S4747

                             
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                                   4747
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
   Use Disorders
 
 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.
   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 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND  THE  CHAIR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09383-01-5
              

 S. 4747                             2
 
 OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE WITH A WRITTEN
 EVALUATION OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
 VISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION.    SUCH  EVALUATION SHALL, AT A MINIMUM,
 ADDRESS  THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS, IDEN-
 TIFY BEST  PRACTICES  FOR  SERVICES  PROVIDED  UNDER  THE  DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAMS AND ANY ADDITIONAL 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, 2026 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.