Bill Text: NY S05480 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 infant recovery centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-04 - referred to health [S05480 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05480-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5480
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 2, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
          infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Title 1 of article 25 of the public health law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 2509 to read as follows:
     3    §  2509. Infant recovery centers pilot program.  There shall be estab-
     4  lished an infant recovery centers pilot program whereby the  commission-
     5  er, in consultation with the commissioner of alcohol and substance abuse
     6  services, shall establish at least four infant recovery centers in areas
     7  of  need in the state. Such centers shall provide cost effective, neces-
     8  sary services and enhance the quality of care for  targeted  populations
     9  in  order  to  demonstrate  the  effectiveness of such program. Eligible
    10  infants shall be under one  year  of  age  and  suffer  from  withdrawal
    11  resulting from in utero exposure to drugs. Such infant withdrawal may be
    12  the  result of conditions including, but not limited to, neonatal absti-
    13  nence syndrome. The program shall provide more appropriate settings  and
    14  cost effective care for these infants than hospitals, while also provid-
    15  ing  supports  and  services to parents preparing to bring their infants
    16  home. Access to such supports shall continue  for  a  period  after  the
    17  infant has left a center.
    18    The department shall be responsible for monitoring the quality, appro-
    19  priateness  and  effectiveness  of  the  centers and shall report to the
    20  legislature within one year of the establishment of the infant  recovery
    21  centers and again within two years of the effective date of this section
    22  on the program's effectiveness.
    23    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
    24  deemed repealed 4 years after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01559-01-9