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                                  8503--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WOERNER, McDONALD, ZEBROWSKI, SIMPSON -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. WALSH  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- recommitted to the Committee
   on  Alcoholism and Drug Abuse 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 mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing an
   intensive addiction and medical  services  integrated  services  pilot
   program;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 19.18-d to read as follows:
 § 19.18-D INTENSIVE ADDICTION AND MEDICAL SERVICES  INTEGRATED  SERVICES
             PILOT PROGRAM.
   1.  WITHIN THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE OFFICE, A PILOT PROGRAM SHALL
 BE ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT TWO  THREE-YEAR  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAMS  THAT
 PROVIDE  INTENSIVE ADDICTION AND MEDICAL SERVICES INTEGRATED SERVICES TO
 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT ADDICTION AND MEDICAL  ISSUES.  ONE  OF
 THE  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAMS  SHALL  BE  LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA AND ONE
 SHALL BE LOCATED IN AN URBAN SETTING AS DETERMINED BY THE  COMMISSIONER.
 THE  SERVICES  PROVIDED  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO INTENSIVE
 PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, ADDICTION COUNSELING FOR BOTH  THE  INDI-
 VIDUAL  WITH  SIGNIFICANT ADDICTION AND MEDICAL ISSUES AND THEIR FAMILY,
 PEER SUPPORTS, AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE.  SUCH  SERVICES  SHALL  BE
 PRIMARILY  PROVIDED  IN A TREATMENT FACILITY CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OR,
 AS CLINICALLY AND SOCIALLY NECESSITATED, IN THE COMMUNITY OR HOME OF THE
 INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING SUCH SERVICES. SUCH FUNDING MAY  ALSO  BE  USED  TO
 BUILD  A NEW FACILITY OR MODIFY AN EXISTING FACILITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13822-03-2
              

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   2. NOT LATER THAN JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING  THE  ENACTMENT
 OF THIS SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE
 THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER
 OF  THE  SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY,  THE  CHAIR OF THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE  ON  ALCOHOLISM
 AND  DRUG  ABUSE WITH A WRITTEN EVALUATION OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH EVALUATION
 SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, ADDRESS THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS  OF  SUCH  DEMON-
 STRATION  PROGRAMS,  IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER
 THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND  ANY  ADDITIONAL  SERVICES  THAT  MAY  BE
 APPROPRIATE  WITHIN EACH TYPE OF PROGRAM OPERATED, REGULATED, FUNDED, OR
 APPROVED BY THE OFFICE, ADDRESS WHETHER CONTINUATION OR EXPANSION OF THE
 PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  IS  RECOM-
 MENDED,  AND IDENTIFY ANY CHANGES NEEDED IN EXISTING MEDICAID OR PRIVATE
 INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT MODELS. THE WRITTEN  EVALUATION  SHALL  BE  MADE
 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect the first of April next succeeding the
 fiscal  year  in which this act shall have become a law and shall expire
 March 31 of the third succeeding fiscal year thereafter when  upon  such
 date  the  provisions  of  this act shall be deemed repealed.  Effective
 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
 lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on or before its
 effective date are authorized to be made.