Bill Text: NY S04775 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S04775 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04775-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4775
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       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 12-140 to read as follows:
    3    S 12-140 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 ALCOHOLISM
   10  AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
   11    S  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 SERVICES
   17  PREVENTION AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
   18    Special Revenue Funds - Other
   19    Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
   20    Mental Hygiene Program Fund Account
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08932-01-3
       S. 4775                             2
    1  Notwithstanding any provision of law to  the
    2    contrary,  the  commissioner of the office
    3    of alcoholism and substance abuse services
    4    shall [be authorized to continue contracts
    5    which were executed on or before March 31,
    6    2012  with entities providing services for
    7    problem gambling and  chemical  dependency
    8    prevention and treatment services, without
    9    any   additional  requirements  that  such
   10    contracts  be   subject   to   competitive
   11    bidding, a request for proposal process or
   12    other  administrative procedures.   Of the
   13    amounts  appropriated  herein,  at   least
   14    $14,859,531  shall  be  made] MAKE FUNDING
   15    available to the New York City  Department
   16    of  Education for the continuation of such
   17    school-operated    prevention     programs
   18    provided  by  school  district [employees]
   19    SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  PREVENTION  AND   INTER-
   20    VENTION PERSONNEL ........................... 42,553,000
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.