Senate Bill S1731

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders 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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2025-S1731 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L

2025-S1731 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program"; codifies the purposes of such program as offering financial education assistance to individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in addiction studies or the education requirements for an office of addiction services and supports credential at Alfred State College, Stony Brook University or Empire State University.

2025-S1731 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1731 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1731
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
   Use Disorders
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene law, in relation to renaming an
   office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS
   Father  Peter  Young  Memorial  Addiction  Professionals   Scholarship
   Program"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 19.07 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (o) to read as follows:
   (O)  THE OFFICE SHALL ADMINISTER A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE NAMED THE
 "NYS FATHER PETER YOUNG  MEMORIAL  ADDICTION  PROFESSIONALS  SCHOLARSHIP
 PROGRAM".  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL  OFFER FINANCIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO
 INDIVIDUALS PURSUING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN  ADDICTION  STUDIES  OR  THE
 EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS FOR AN OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
 CREDENTIAL AT ALFRED STATE COLLEGE, STONY  BROOK  UNIVERSITY  OR  EMPIRE
 STATE UNIVERSITY. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL USE SUCH FUNDS AS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 BY THE GOVERNOR FOR THE PURPOSES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. THE COMMISSION-
 ER  SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO SEEK AND RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE DEEMED NECES-
 SARY BY THE COMMISSIONER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN
 THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH PROGRAM. SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL  OPERATE  AS  A
 CONTINUATION OF ANY PROGRAM OPERATING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE OFFICE
 FOR THE SAME PURPOSE IN EXISTENCE UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE ANY RULES
 AND/OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04763-01-5

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