Senate Bill S6288A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals

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  • 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-S6288 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S2209

2019-S6288 - Summary

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals; requires the office of addiction services and supports to monitor programs providing treatment to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities and provide an annual report.

2019-S6288 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6288 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6288
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 annual reporting
   on inmate substance abuse
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law,
 as  amended by section 118-f of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall  moni-
 tor  programs  providing  care  and treatment to inmates in correctional
 facilities operated by  the  department  of  corrections  and  community
 supervision  who have a history of alcohol or substance abuse or depend-
 ence. The office shall also develop  guidelines  for  the  operation  of
 alcohol  and  substance  abuse  treatment  programs in such correctional
 facilities in order to ensure that such programs sufficiently  meet  the
 needs of inmates with a history of alcohol or substance abuse or depend-
 ence and promote the successful transition to treatment in the community
 upon  release. No later than the first day of December of each year, the
 office shall submit a report regarding: (1) the adequacy and  effective-
 ness  of  alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs operated by the
 department of corrections  and  community  supervision;  (2)  THE  TOTAL
 NUMBER  OF  INMATES  IN  CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SCREENED
 FOR, AND DETERMINED TO HAVE, A SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER; (3) INFORMATION
 REGARDING WHICH SUBSTANCES INMATES  ARE  MOST  DEPENDENT  UPON  AND  THE
 AVAILABLE  TREATMENT FOR SUCH INMATES WITHIN EACH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY;
 AND (4) THE NUMBER OF INMATES RECEIVING TREATMENT IN CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
 ITIES FOR EACH SUBSTANCE. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE SENT to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
 chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction,
 and the chairman of the assembly committee on correction.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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2019-S6288A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S2209

2019-S6288A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals; requires the office of addiction services and supports to monitor programs providing treatment to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities and provide an annual report.

2019-S6288A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6288A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6288--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Mental Health and  Developmental  Disabili-
   ties in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual  reporting
   on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law,
 as amended by section 118-f of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of  the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (h)  The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] ADDICTION services
 AND SUPPORTS shall monitor programs  providing  care  and  treatment  to
 [inmates]  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS in correctional facilities operated
 by the department of corrections and community supervision  who  have  a
 history  of alcohol or substance [abuse] USE DISORDER or dependence. The
 office shall also develop guidelines for the operation  of  alcohol  and
 substance  [abuse]  USE DISORDER treatment programs in such correctional
 facilities, BASED ON BEST PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE USE OF HARM REDUCTION
 STRATEGIES, AND TAILORED TO THE NATURE  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  SUBSTANCE
 USE, HISTORY OF PAST TREATMENT, AND HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS OR TRAUMA,
 in  order  to  ensure  that such programs sufficiently meet the needs of
 [inmates]  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  with  a  history  of  alcohol   or
 substance  [abuse] USE DISORDER or dependence and promote the successful
 transition to treatment in the community upon release. No later than the
 first day of December of each year, the office  shall  submit  a  report
 regarding:  (1)  the adequacy and effectiveness of alcohol and substance
 [abuse] USE DISORDER treatment programs operated by  the  department  of
 corrections and community supervision; (2) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCARCER-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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