Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 05, 2012 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
May 24, 2011 |
reported referred to ways and means |
May 18, 2011 |
reference changed to alcoholism and drug abuse |
May 17, 2011 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A7806
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CYMBROWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Robert Castelli
Marcos Crespo
Michael DenDekker
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
2011-A7806 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A7806 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7806 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 17, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, CASTELLI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to defining the scope of responsibilities of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services regarding recovery services for veterans THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows: (I) THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES SHALL PERI- ODICALLY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS: (1) REVIEW THE PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE STATE'S VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES AND WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM ALCOHOL AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ARE BEING MET AND TO DEVELOP IMPROVEMENTS TO PROGRAMS TO MEET SUCH NEEDS; AND (2) IN COLLAB- ORATION WITH THE STATE DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND THE COMMISSION- ER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, RELAPSE PREVENTION, AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN A COMBAT THEATRE OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS AND HAVE A CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOLISM OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate- ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11583-01-1
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