New York Senate Bill S06499 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6499--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 24, 2023 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Topher's Law". 3 § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 4 19.18-d to read as follows: 5 § 19.18-d Intensive addiction and mental health integrated services 6 pilot program. 7 1. Within the funds appropriated to the office, a pilot program shall 8 be established to support two three-year demonstration programs that 9 provide intensive addiction and mental health integrated services to 10 individuals with significant addiction and mental health issues who have 11 had multiple and frequent treatment episodes. One of the demonstration 12 programs shall be located in a rural area and one shall be located in an 13 urban setting as determined by the commissioner. The services provided 14 shall include but not be limited to mental health counseling services 15 for the individual experiencing significant addiction and mental health 16 issues and their family, peer supports, and transportation assistance. 17 Such services shall be primarily provided in the community or home of 18 such individual, as clinically and socially necessitated. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06362-02-4 
 S. 6499--A 2 1 2. Within one year after the conclusion of the demonstration program, 2 the commissioner shall provide the governor, the temporary president of 3 the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate stand- 4 ing committee on alcoholism and drug abuse, and the chair of the assem- 5 bly committee on alcoholism and drug abuse with a written evaluation of 6 the demonstration programs established pursuant to subdivision one of 7 this section. Such evaluation shall, at a minimum, address the overall 8 effectiveness of such demonstration programs, identify best practices 9 for services provided under the demonstration programs and any addi- 10 tional services that may be appropriate within each type of program 11 operated, regulated, funded, or approved by the office, and address 12 whether continuation or expansion of the pilot program established by 13 subdivision one of this section is recommended. The written evaluation 14 shall be made publicly available on the office's website. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2025 and shall expire on the 16 ninetieth day following the submission of the report provided for 17 pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 19.18-d of the mental hygiene law 18 as added by section two of this act, when upon such date the provisions 19 of this act shall be deemed repealed; provided that the commissioner of 20 the office of addiction services and supports shall notify the legisla- 21 tive bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the submission of 22 such report provided for in section two of this act in order that the 23 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of 24 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of 25 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and 26 section 70-b of the public officers law.