Bill Text: NY S08234 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring certain persons providing substance abuse treatment or counseling to complete training in medication assisted treatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-12-23 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08234 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08234-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8234
                    IN SENATE
                                    December 23, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring certain
          persons providing substance abuse treatment on counseling to  complete
          training in medication assisted treatment
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 19.31 of the mental hygiene  law,  as  added  by  a
     2  chapter  of the laws of 2016 amending the mental hygiene law relating to
     3  requiring certain persons providing substance abuse treatment  on  coun-
     4  seling  to  complete  training  in  medication  assisted  treatment,  as
     5  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7301 and A. 10294,  is  amended
     6  to read as follows:
     7  § 19.31 Medication assisted treatment training requirement.
     8    Every  person  who  is  a  credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse
     9  counselor pursuant to subdivision (d) of section 19.07 of  this  article
    10  [or  a  qualified  health  care  professional] who provides treatment or
    11  counseling services at a substance use disorder facility, [at  a  school
    12  or  pursuant to the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000,] shall, within
    13  eighteen months of the effective date of this section or within one year
    14  of commencing the provision of any such treatment or counseling,  which-
    15  ever  shall  be  later,  successfully  complete  a course of instruction
    16  relating to medication assisted treatment approved by the office.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    18  manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the mental hygiene law
    19  relating to requiring certain persons providing substance  abuse  treat-
    20  ment  on  counseling  to complete training in medication assisted treat-
    21  ment, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  7301  and  A.  10294,
    22  takes effect.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13640-03-6