NY State Assembly Bill 2021-A7354B

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Jan 07, 2022	print number 7354b
Jan 07, 2022	amend and recommit to health
Jan 05, 2022	referred to health
Jun 03, 2021	print number 7354a
Jun 03, 2021	amend (t) and recommit to health
May 06, 2021	referred to health

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2021-A7354 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4359
Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2803-u, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A4436, S3348

2021-A7354 - Summary

Refers individuals to appropriate service providers that are able to provide services to such individual within seventy-two hours for substance use disorders.

2021-A7354 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7354
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  connecting  indi-
   viduals with appropriate service providers for substance use disorders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 2803-u of  the  public  health  law,  as  added  by
 section  1 of part C of chapter 70 of the laws of 2016 and subdivision 1
 as amended by section 1 of subpart B of part BB of  chapter  57  of  the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2803-u. Hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures. 1.
 The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse]  ADDICTION  services  AND
 SUPPORTS,  in consultation with the department, shall develop or utilize
 existing educational materials to be provided to  general  hospitals  to
 disseminate  to  individuals with a documented substance use disorder or
 who appear to have or be at risk for a  substance  use  disorder  during
 discharge  planning  pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred three-i of
 this article. Such materials shall  include  information  regarding  the
 various  types  of  HARM  REDUCTION,  treatment,  and recovery services,
 including but not limited to:  OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND SYRINGE  EXCHANGE
 SERVICES;  inpatient, outpatient, and medication-assisted treatment; how
 to recognize the need for treatment  OR  OTHER  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER
 services;  information  for individuals to determine what type and level
 of CARE OR treatment is most appropriate and what resources  are  avail-
 able to them; and any other information the commissioner deems appropri-
 ate.  General  hospitals  shall include in their policies and procedures
 treatment protocols, consistent with medical standards, to  be  utilized
 by  the  emergency  departments in general hospitals for the appropriate
 use of medication-assisted treatment, including buprenorphine, prior  to
 discharge,  or  referral protocols for evaluation of medication-assisted
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07208-01-1

 A. 7354                             2
 
 treatment when initiation in an emergency department of a general hospi-
 tal is not feasible.
   2. Every general hospital shall: (a) within existing or in addition to
 current  policies  and  procedures,  develop,  maintain and disseminate,
 written policies and procedures, for the identification, AND  assessment
 [and  referral]  of individuals with a documented substance use disorder
 or who appear to have or be at risk for  a  substance  use  disorder  as
 defined in section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
 PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL
 REQUIRE EVERY HOSPITAL TO OFFER TREATMENT, INCLUDING MEDICATION ASSISTED
 TREATMENT,  TO  THE  INDIVIDUAL  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS,   PROVIDED,
 FURTHER, THAT EVERY HOSPITAL SHALL IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS SYMPTOMS OF WITH-
 DRAWAL;
   (b)  establish  and implement training, within existing or in addition
 to current training programs, for all individuals licensed or  certified
 pursuant  to title eight of the education law who provide direct patient
 care regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to  this
 section; and
   (c)  except  where  an  individual  has  come  into the hospital under
 section 22.09 of the mental  hygiene  law,  if  the  hospital  does  not
 directly  provide  substance  use  disorder  services, OR THE INDIVIDUAL
 REFUSES SERVICES, then [it] THE HOSPITAL shall [refer] ACTUALLY  CONNECT
 SUCH  individuals  in  need  of  substance use disorder services to [and
 coordinate with substance use disorder services programs] AN APPROPRIATE
 SERVICE PROVIDER that [provide] PROVIDES behavioral health services,  as
 defined  in  section  1.03  of  the  mental hygiene law, OR A HYPODERMIC
 SYRINGE AND NEEDLE  EXCHANGE  PROGRAM  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 80.135  OF  PART  80  OF TITLE 10 OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES, RULES AND
 REGULATIONS, THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE  INDIVIDUAL
 WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS.
   3. Upon commencement of treatment, admission, or discharge of an indi-
 vidual  with  a documented substance use disorder or who appears to have
 or be at risk for a substance use disorder, including discharge from the
 emergency department, such hospital shall inform the individual  of  the
 availability  of  the substance use disorder treatment services that may
 be available to them through a substance use disorder OR HARM  REDUCTION
 services program AND, IF REQUESTED, CONNECT THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE APPRO-
 PRIATE  SERVICES.  SUCH EFFORTS TO CONNECT THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE DOCU-
 MENTED.
   4. The commissioner, in consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  the
 office  of  [alcoholism  and  substance  abuse]  ADDICTION  services AND
 SUPPORTS, shall make regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry
 out the provisions of this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2021-A7354A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4359
Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2803-u, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A4436, S3348

2021-A7354A - Summary

Refers individuals to appropriate service providers that are able to provide services to such individual within seventy-two hours for substance use disorders.

2021-A7354A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7354--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to referring individ-
   uals to appropriate service providers for substance use disorders

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2803-u of  the  public  health  law,  as  added  by
 section  1 of part C of chapter 70 of the laws of 2016 and subdivision 1
 as amended by section 1 of subpart B of part BB of  chapter  57  of  the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2803-u. Hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures. 1.
 The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse]  ADDICTION  services  AND
 SUPPORTS,  in consultation with the department, shall develop or utilize
 existing educational materials to be provided to  general  hospitals  to
 disseminate  to  individuals with a documented substance use disorder or
 who appear to have or be at risk for a  substance  use  disorder  during
 discharge  planning  pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred three-i of
 this article. Such materials shall  include  information  regarding  the
 various  types  of  HARM  REDUCTION,  treatment,  and recovery services,
 including but not limited to:  OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND SYRINGE  EXCHANGE
 SERVICES;  inpatient, outpatient, and medication-assisted treatment; how
 to recognize the need for treatment  OR  OTHER  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER
 services;  information  for individuals to determine what type and level
 of CARE OR treatment is most appropriate and what resources  are  avail-
 able to them; and any other information the commissioner deems appropri-
 ate.  General  hospitals  shall include in their policies and procedures
 treatment protocols, consistent with medical standards, to  be  utilized
 by  the  emergency  departments in general hospitals for the appropriate
 use of medication-assisted treatment, including buprenorphine, prior  to
 discharge,  or  referral protocols for evaluation of medication-assisted
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07208-03-1

 A. 7354--A                          2
 
 treatment when initiation in an emergency department of a general hospi-
 tal is not feasible.
   2. Every general hospital shall: (a) within existing or in addition to
 current  policies  and  procedures,  develop,  maintain and disseminate,
 written policies and procedures, for the identification, AND  assessment
 [and  referral]  of individuals with a documented substance use disorder
 or who appear to have or be at risk for  a  substance  use  disorder  as
 defined in section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
 PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL
 REQUIRE EVERY HOSPITAL TO OFFER TREATMENT, INCLUDING MEDICATION ASSISTED
 TREATMENT WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY, TO THE  INDIVIDUAL  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO
 HOURS  OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER,
 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT EVERY HOSPITAL SHALL IMMEDIATELY  ADDRESS  SYMP-
 TOMS OF WITHDRAWAL;
   (b)  establish  and implement training, within existing or in addition
 to current training programs, for all individuals licensed or  certified
 pursuant  to title eight of the education law who provide direct patient
 care regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to  this
 section; and
   (c)  except  where  an  individual  has  come  into the hospital under
 section 22.09 of the mental  hygiene  law,  if  the  hospital  does  not
 directly  provide  substance  use  disorder  services, OR THE INDIVIDUAL
 REFUSES SERVICES, then [it] THE HOSPITAL shall refer SUCH individuals in
 need  of  substance  use  disorder  services  to  [and  coordinate  with
 substance use disorder services programs] AN APPROPRIATE SERVICE PROVID-
 ER  that  [provide]  PROVIDES  behavioral health services, as defined in
 section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law,  OR  A  HYPODERMIC  SYRINGE  AND
 NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION 80.135 OF PART 80
 OF TITLE 10 OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS, THAT HAS
 THE  ABILITY  TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES TO THE INDIVIDUAL WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO
 HOURS.
   3. Upon commencement of treatment, admission, or discharge of an indi-
 vidual with a documented substance use disorder or who appears  to  have
 or be at risk for a substance use disorder, including discharge from the
 emergency  department,  such hospital shall inform the individual of the
 availability of the substance use disorder treatment services  that  may
 be  available to them through a substance use disorder OR HARM REDUCTION
 services program AND, IF REQUESTED, REFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO  THE  APPRO-
 PRIATE  SERVICES.  SUCH  EFFORTS  TO REFER THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE DOCU-
 MENTED IN SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S MEDICAL RECORD.
   4. The commissioner, in consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  the
 office  of  [alcoholism  and  substance  abuse]  ADDICTION  services AND
 SUPPORTS, shall make regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry
 out the provisions of this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4359
Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2803-u, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A4436, S3348

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Refers individuals to appropriate service providers that are able to provide services to such individual within seventy-two hours for substance use disorders.

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7354--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STECK,  McDONALD,  GANDOLFO -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on  Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to referring individ-
   uals to appropriate service providers for substance use disorders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2803-u of  the  public  health  law,  as  added  by
 section  1 of part C of chapter 70 of the laws of 2016 and subdivision 1
 as amended by section 1 of subpart B of part BB of  chapter  57  of  the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2803-u. Hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures. 1.
 The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse]  ADDICTION  services  AND
 SUPPORTS,  in consultation with the department, shall develop or utilize
 existing educational materials to be provided to  general  hospitals  to
 disseminate  to  individuals with a documented substance use disorder or
 who appear to have or be at risk for a  substance  use  disorder  during
 discharge  planning  pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred three-i of
 this article. Such materials shall  include  information  regarding  the
 various  types  of  HARM  REDUCTION,  treatment,  and recovery services,
 including but not limited to:  OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND SYRINGE  EXCHANGE
 SERVICES;  inpatient, outpatient, and medication-assisted treatment; how
 to recognize the need for treatment  OR  OTHER  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER
 services;  information  for individuals to determine what type and level
 of CARE OR treatment is most appropriate and what resources  are  avail-
 able to them; and any other information the commissioner deems appropri-
 ate.  General  hospitals  shall include in their policies and procedures
 treatment protocols, consistent with medical standards, to  be  utilized
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07208-05-1

 A. 7354--B                          2
 
 by  the  emergency  departments in general hospitals for the appropriate
 use of medication-assisted treatment,  including,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 buprenorphine,  prior to discharge, or referral protocols for evaluation
 of medication-assisted treatment when initiation in an emergency depart-
 ment of a general hospital is not feasible.
   2. Every general hospital shall: (a) within existing or in addition to
 current  policies  and  procedures,  develop,  maintain and disseminate,
 written policies and procedures, for the identification, assessment, and
 referral of individuals with a documented substance use disorder or  who
 appear  to have or be at risk for a substance use disorder as defined in
 section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law.    PATIENT  REFERRALS  SHALL  BE
 ARRANGED  ON  A  SPECIFIC  DATE,  WITH  SPECIFIC INPATIENT OR OUTPATIENT
 SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT ORGANIZATION.  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH
 (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  SUCH  POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL REQUIRE
 EVERY HOSPITAL TO OFFER TREATMENT, INCLUDING MEDICATION ASSISTED  TREAT-
 MENT  WHEN  DEEMED NECESSARY, TO THE INDIVIDUAL WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
 OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL  BEING  DIAGNOSED  WITH  A  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER,
 PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT EVERY HOSPITAL SHALL IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS SYMP-
 TOMS OF WITHDRAWAL;
   (b) establish and implement training, within existing or  in  addition
 to  current training programs, for all individuals licensed or certified
 pursuant to title eight of the education law who provide direct  patient
 care  regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to this
 section; and
   (c) except where an  individual  has  come  into  the  hospital  under
 section  22.09  of  the  mental  hygiene  law,  if the hospital does not
 directly provide substance use  disorder  services,  OR  THE  INDIVIDUAL
 REFUSES SERVICES, then [it] THE HOSPITAL shall refer SUCH individuals in
 need  of  substance  use  disorder  services  to  [and  coordinate  with
 substance use disorder services programs] AN APPROPRIATE SERVICE PROVID-
 ER that [provide] PROVIDES behavioral health  services,  as  defined  in
 section  1.03  of  the  mental  hygiene law, OR A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE AND
 NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION 80.135 OF PART 80
 OF TITLE 10 OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS, THAT HAS
 THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO  THE  INDIVIDUAL  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO
 HOURS.
   3. Upon commencement of treatment, admission, or discharge of an indi-
 vidual  with  a documented substance use disorder or who appears to have
 or be at risk for a substance use disorder, including discharge from the
 emergency department, such hospital shall inform the individual  of  the
 availability  of  the substance use disorder treatment services that may
 be available to them through a substance use disorder OR HARM  REDUCTION
 services  program  AND, IF REQUESTED, REFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE APPRO-
 PRIATE SERVICES. SUCH EFFORTS TO REFER THE  INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  BE  DOCU-
 MENTED IN SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S MEDICAL RECORD.
   4.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with the commissioner of the
 office of  [alcoholism  and  substance  abuse]  ADDICTION  services  AND
 SUPPORTS, shall make regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry
 out the provisions of this section.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Assembly Bill A7354B

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

2021-A7354 - Details

2021-A7354 - Summary

2021-A7354 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-A7354A - Details

2021-A7354A - Summary

2021-A7354A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

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Sponsored By

STECK

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

2021-A7354 - Details

2021-A7354 - Summary

2021-A7354 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

John T. McDonald III

2021-A7354A - Details

2021-A7354A - Summary

2021-A7354A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

John T. McDonald III

Jerett Gandolfo

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-A7354B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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