Bill Text: NY S04530 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes an intensive addiction and medical services integrated services pilot program to support two three-year demonstration programs that provide intensive addiction and medical services integrated services to individuals who have significant addiction and medical issues.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-27 - referred to alcoholism and drug abuse [S04530 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04530-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4530

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 9, 2023
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        Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, MAY -- 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  establishing  an
          intensive  addiction  and  medical  services integrated services pilot
          program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expira-
          tion thereof

          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  19.18-d to read as follows:
     3  § 19.18-d Intensive  addiction  and medical services integrated services
     4              pilot program.
     5    1. Within the funds appropriated to the office, a pilot program  shall
     6  be  established  to  support  two three-year demonstration programs that
     7  provide intensive addiction and medical services integrated services  to
     8  individuals  who  have  significant addiction and medical issues. One of
     9  the demonstration programs shall be located in  a  rural  area  and  one
    10  shall  be located in an urban setting as determined by the commissioner.
    11  The services provided shall include but  not  be  limited  to  intensive
    12  physical  health  care services, addiction counseling for both the indi-
    13  vidual with significant addiction and medical issues and  their  family,
    14  peer  supports,  and  transportation  assistance. Such services shall be
    15  primarily provided in a treatment facility certified by the  office  or,
    16  as clinically and socially necessitated, in the community or home of the
    17  individual  receiving  such  services.  Such funding may also be used to
    18  build a new facility or modify an existing facility for the purposes  of
    19  such demonstration programs.
    20    2.  Not  later than June thirtieth of the year following the enactment
    21  of this section, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall provide
    22  the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06365-01-3
        S. 4530                             2

     1  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader  of  the
     2  assembly,  the  chair of the senate standing committee on alcoholism and
     3  substance abuse, and the chair of the assembly committee  on  alcoholism
     4  and  drug  abuse with a written evaluation of the demonstration programs
     5  established pursuant to subdivision one of this section. Such evaluation
     6  shall, at a minimum, address the overall effectiveness  of  such  demon-
     7  stration  programs,  identify best practices for services provided under
     8  the demonstration programs and  any  additional  services  that  may  be
     9  appropriate  within each type of program operated, regulated, funded, or
    10  approved by the office, address whether continuation or expansion of the
    11  pilot program established by subdivision one of this section  is  recom-
    12  mended,  and identify any changes needed in existing medicaid or private
    13  insurance reimbursement models. The written  evaluation  shall  be  made
    14  publicly available on the office's website.
    15    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    16  the fiscal year in which this act shall have  become  a  law  and  shall
    17  expire March 31 of the third succeeding fiscal year thereafter when upon
    18  such  date  the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.  Effec-
    19  tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any  rule  or
    20  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on or before its
    21  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
    22  effective date.