Requires mental health practitioners to receive training on substance use disorder, the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and co-occurring disorders.
Requires facilities that provide treatment for substance use disorders to have at least one practitioner qualified to administer or prescribe buprenorphine to individuals in their care with substance use disorders related to opioids.
Requires facilities that provide treatment for substance use disorders to have at least one practitioner qualified to administer or prescribe buprenorphine to individuals in their care with substance use disorders related to opioids.
Replaces certain appearances of the words addict, addicts and addiction with the words person with a substance use disorder, person with a mental health disorder, person with co-occurring disorder, person in recovery, or a variation thereof.
Requires health insurance coverage for substance use disorder treatment services.
Designates April eighth as "Co-Occurring Disorders Awareness Day".
Adds gaming disorder to the types of disorders classified in the mental hygiene law.
Adds gaming disorder to the types of disorders classified in the mental hygiene law.
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.