Senate Bill S627

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires alcohol and substance use screening for all incoming college students

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S627 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6432-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S1630
2017-2018: S629
2021-2022: S6124

2019-S627 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires alcohol and substance use screening for all incoming college students; screening in person, online or written; screening for illegal drugs and prescription medication for non-medical uses.

2019-S627 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    627
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring alcohol  and
   substance use screening for all incoming college students

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6432-a
 to read as follows:
   § 6432-A. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING. 1. EACH  COLLEGE  SHALL
 ADMINISTER  AN  ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING OR ASSESSMENT TO ALL
 INCOMING STUDENTS.
   2. THE SCREENING OR ASSESSMENT MAY BE IN PERSON,  ONLINE  OR  WRITTEN.
 THIS  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  SCREENING  FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS AND PRESCRIPTION
 MEDICATION FOR NON-MEDICAL USES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HEROIN AND
 OTHER OPIOIDS.
   3. COLLEGES MAY USE EVIDENCE-BASED ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING
 INSTRUMENTS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE SERVICES. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
 OF  HEALTH  AND  THE  OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES,
 SHALL DEVELOP GUIDANCE FOR COLLEGES AND PROVIDE RESOURCES AND  MATERIALS
 TO  ASSIST  IN  THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM AND ALCOHOL
 AND DRUG INTAKE ASSESSMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect the first of July next succeeding  the
 date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04386-01-9

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