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                                   8325
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2024
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to including
   services provided by certified recovery  peer  advocates  and  certain
   services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2  of  section  365-a  of  the
 social  services law, as amended by section 12-a of part C of chapter 60
 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) out-patient hospital or clinic services in facilities operated  in
 compliance with applicable provisions of this chapter, the public health
 law,  the  mental  hygiene  law and other laws, including any provisions
 thereof requiring an operating certificate or license, including facili-
 ties authorized by the appropriate licensing authority to provide  inte-
 grated mental health services, and/or [alcoholism and] substance [abuse]
 USE  DISORDER services, and/or physical health services, and/or services
 to persons with  developmental  disabilities,  when  such  services  are
 provided  at a single location or service site, or where such facilities
 are not conveniently accessible, in  any  hospital  located  within  the
 state  and  care and services in a day treatment program operated by the
 department of mental hygiene or by a voluntary agency under an agreement
 with such department in that part of a public institution  operated  and
 approved  pursuant  to  law as an intermediate care facility for persons
 with developmental disabilities; and provided, that the commissioners of
 health, mental health, [alcoholism] ADDICTION  SERVICES  and  [substance
 abuse  services]  SUPPORTS  and the office for people with developmental
 disabilities may  issue  regulations,  including  emergency  regulations
 promulgated  prior  to  October  first,  two  thousand  fifteen that are
 required to facilitate the establishment of integrated services clinics.
 Any such regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall be described
 in the annual report required pursuant to section forty-five-c of part A
 of chapter fifty-six of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  thirteen.    SUCH
 SERVICES  SHALL  INCLUDE THOSE PROVIDED BY CERTIFIED RECOVERY PEER ADVO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 CATES WHEN PROVIDED BY PROGRAMS CERTIFIED, LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHOR-
 IZED BY THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS;
   §  2.  Paragraph  (n)  of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 1999,  is  relet-
 tered paragraph (n-1) and amended to read as follows:
   (n-1)  care,  treatment,  maintenance and rehabilitation services that
 would otherwise qualify for reimbursement pursuant to  this  chapter  to
 persons  suffering from [alcoholism in alcoholism facilities or chemical
 dependence] SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, as such term is defined  in  section
 1.03  of  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in inpatient [chemical dependence]
 facilities, services, or programs operated in compliance with applicable
 provisions of this chapter and the mental hygiene law, and certified  by
 the  office  of  [alcoholism]  ADDICTION  SERVICES  and [substance abuse
 services] SUPPORTS, provided however that such services shall be limited
 to such periods of time as may be  determined  necessary  in  accordance
 with  a  utilization review procedure established by the commissioner of
 the office of  [alcoholism]  ADDICTION  SERVICES  and  [substance  abuse
 services]  SUPPORTS  and provided further, that this paragraph shall not
 apply to any hospital or part of a hospital as defined  in  section  two
 thousand  eight  hundred  one  of the public health law.   SUCH SERVICES
 SHALL INCLUDE THOSE PROVIDED BY CERTIFIED RECOVERY PEER  ADVOCATES  WHEN
 PROVIDED  BY PROGRAMS CERTIFIED, LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE
 OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.