Bill Text: NY S01416 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides the commissioner of mental health may authorize the certification of recovery living residence and provide a list of such residences on the department of mental hygiene's website.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-07 - referred to alcoholism and drug abuse [S01416 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S01416-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1416 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance 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