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Senate Bill S7104
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities 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
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2013-S7104 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9475
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1.03, 19.09 & 41.13, add §41.59, Ment Hyg L; add §97-pppp, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
A5024
2017-2018: A3591
2019-2020: A3333
2013-S7104 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7104 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to community opioid rehabilitation program services act; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the opioid dependency services fund PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To direct savings from the closure of four prison facilities to a new Opioid Dependency Services Fund, for investment in community opioid rehabilitation programs SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 establishes the "Community Opioid Rehabilitation Program Services Act." Section 2 presents legislative findings. Section 3 amends Section 1.03 of the Mental Hygiene Law to add a new Subdivision 59, creating the Community Opioid Rehabilitation Program to provide programs and services for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of those persons who are dependent on opioid substances. Such programs and services include, but are not limited to emergency and crisis services; case management and intensive case management services; outpa- tient services; residential services; psychiatric rehabilitation: client advocacy; family and peer support services; and preventive services. Section 4 amends Section 19.09 of the Mental Hygiene Law to add a new
2013-S7104 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7104 I N S E N A T E April 28, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. TKACZYK, BRESLIN, DILAN, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, PARKER, PERKINS, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to community opioid rehabilitation program services act; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the opioid dependency services fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known as the "community opioid rehabili- tation program services act". S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that New York state is experiencing a shocking increase in opioid use in both its street and prescription forms. Heroin, in particular, is emerging as a public health concern in every community, but its rise is especially alarming in the state's smaller urban, suburban and rural areas. The increased incidence of heroin use largely involves young people who have turned to the drug, because of its relatively low cost and high accessibility, in light of recent efforts to curb accessibility to prescription opioids. Horrifying stories of opioid addiction, drug availability and use in our schools, as well as family tragedy in which a promising young life has ended with overdose, are becoming far too commonplace. Rising arrest rates of low-level dealers and addicts, often taking place in public areas like suburban mall parking lots, are further indication that the resurrection of this drug more commonly associated with street culture has permeated all sectors of society. In addition, the legislature finds that the extent of the problem is widely recognized by professionals from all points on the front line as an emerging and significant public health issue. The legislature further finds that significant savings will come to the taxpayers of New York through the elimination of prison beds throughout the state as the prison population declines, due in no small measure to reforms of drug laws enacted in the nineteen seventies. While there were more than 24,000 drug offenders in the state's prison popu- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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