Bill Text: NY A05861 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5861

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to substance abuse prevention personnel in New York city schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A05861 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05861-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5861

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York  and
          chapter 53 of the laws of 2012, enacting the aid to localities budget,
          in  relation  to substance abuse prevention personnel in New York city
          schools

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
     2  by adding a new section 12-141 to read as follows:
     3    § 12-141 Substance abuse prevention and intervention personnel.    The
     4  New York city department of education shall provide on a full-time basis
     5  at  least  one substance abuse prevention and intervention specialist at
     6  each public school in the city of New York. For  the  purposes  of  this
     7  section,  a  substance abuse prevention and intervention specialist is a
     8  New York  city  department  of  education  employee  that  has  received
     9  substance  abuse training through the New York state office of addiction
    10  services and supports.
    11    § 2. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2012, enacting the aid  to
    12  localities  budget,  is  amended  by repealing the items hereinbelow set
    13  forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other  items  under-
    14  scored in this section.
    15                        DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
    16            OFFICE OF [ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE] ADDICTION
    17                            SERVICES AND SUPPORTS

    18  PREVENTION AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

    19    Special Revenue Funds - Other
    20    Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
    21    Mental Hygiene Program Fund Account

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09031-01-3

        A. 5861                             2

     1  Notwithstanding  any provision of law to the
     2    contrary, the commissioner of  the  office
     3    of   [alcoholism   and   substance  abuse]
     4    addiction services and supports shall  [be
     5    authorized  to  continue  contracts  which
     6    were executed on or before March 31,  2012
     7    with entities providing services for prob-
     8    lem   gambling   and  chemical  dependency
     9    prevention and treatment services, without
    10    any  additional  requirements  that   such
    11    contracts   be   subject   to  competitive
    12    bidding, a request for proposal process or
    13    other administrative procedures.   Of  the
    14    amounts   appropriated  herein,  at  least
    15    $14,859,531 shall be  made]  make  funding
    16    available  to the New York City Department
    17    of Education for the continuation of  such
    18    school-operated     prevention    programs
    19    provided by  school  district  [employees]
    20    substance   abuse  prevention  and  inter-
    21    vention personnel ........................... 42,553,000
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.