Bill Text: NY A08165 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides the commissioner of mental health may authorize the certification of recovery living residences and provide a list of such residences on the department of mental hygiene's website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to alcoholism and drug abuse [A08165 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08165-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8165

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 7, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to certifying recov-
          ery living residences

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

     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  32.05-a to read as follows:
     3  § 32.05-a Certification of recovery living residences.
     4    Notwithstanding  section  32.05  of this article, the commissioner may
     5  authorize the certification of recovery living  residences.    "Recovery
     6  living  residences"  shall  mean any residence located in New York state
     7  where the owner or operator of such residence holds the residence out to
     8  the public as a living environment for persons recovering from substance
     9  use disorder, where no formal treatment substance use disorder  services
    10  are  provided  on-site.  The department shall create a list of certified
    11  recovery residences and make  such  list  publicly  available  on  their
    12  website.
    13    §  2.   This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05597-01-1