Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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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 A7807
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
2011-A7807 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A7807 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7807 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 17, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop educa- tional materials for health care providers relating to abuse and misuse of prescription drugs 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, IN CONSUL- TATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP AND PUBLISH, IN ELECTRONIC OR OTHER FORMAT, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY- EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW TO: ASSIST HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN RECOGNIZING THE SYMPTOMS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE; PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED DRUG SCREENING INSTRUMENTS; AND IDENTIFY RESOURCES TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PATIENT REFERRALS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. ALL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OFFICIAL WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS DEEMED APPRO- PRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11584-01-1
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