New York Assembly Bill A06884 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6884 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to directing the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to promulgate rules and regulations for providers operating in rural locations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows: 3 (m) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for 4 providers who operate in rural locations that take into account the 5 extra challenges encountered by such providers, including but not limit- 6 ed to, increased and additional expenses. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 8 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 9 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 10 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 11 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09982-01-3