S08325 Summary:

BILL NOS08325
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORFERNANDEZ
 
COSPNSRWEBB
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
 
Includes services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage.
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S08325 Actions:

BILL NOS08325
 
01/18/2024REFERRED TO HEALTH
05/07/2024REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
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S08325 Committee Votes:

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S08325 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S08325 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8325
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 18, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        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:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2  of  section  365-a  of  the
     2  social  services law, as amended by section 12-a of part C of chapter 60
     3  of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) out-patient hospital or clinic services in facilities operated  in
     5  compliance with applicable provisions of this chapter, the public health
     6  law,  the  mental  hygiene  law and other laws, including any provisions
     7  thereof requiring an operating certificate or license, including facili-
     8  ties authorized by the appropriate licensing authority to provide  inte-
     9  grated mental health services, and/or [alcoholism and] substance [abuse]
    10  use  disorder services, and/or physical health services, and/or services
    11  to persons with  developmental  disabilities,  when  such  services  are
    12  provided  at a single location or service site, or where such facilities
    13  are not conveniently accessible, in  any  hospital  located  within  the
    14  state  and  care and services in a day treatment program operated by the
    15  department of mental hygiene or by a voluntary agency under an agreement
    16  with such department in that part of a public institution  operated  and
    17  approved  pursuant  to  law as an intermediate care facility for persons
    18  with developmental disabilities; and provided, that the commissioners of
    19  health, mental health, [alcoholism] addiction  services  and  [substance
    20  abuse  services]  supports  and the office for people with developmental
    21  disabilities may  issue  regulations,  including  emergency  regulations
    22  promulgated  prior  to  October  first,  two  thousand  fifteen that are
    23  required to facilitate the establishment of integrated services clinics.
    24  Any such regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall be described
    25  in the annual report required pursuant to section forty-five-c of part A
    26  of chapter fifty-six of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  thirteen.    Such
    27  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.
                                                                   LBD14026-01-4

        S. 8325                             2
 
     1  cates when provided by programs certified, licensed or otherwise author-
     2  ized by the office of addiction services and supports;
     3    §  2.  Paragraph  (n)  of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social
     4  services law, as amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 1999,  is  relet-
     5  tered paragraph (n-1) and amended to read as follows:
     6    (n-1)  care,  treatment,  maintenance and rehabilitation services that
     7  would otherwise qualify for reimbursement pursuant to  this  chapter  to
     8  persons  suffering from [alcoholism in alcoholism facilities or chemical
     9  dependence] substance use disorder, as such term is defined  in  section
    10  1.03  of  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in inpatient [chemical dependence]
    11  facilities, services, or programs operated in compliance with applicable
    12  provisions of this chapter and the mental hygiene law, and certified  by
    13  the  office  of  [alcoholism]  addiction  services  and [substance abuse
    14  services] supports, provided however that such services shall be limited
    15  to such periods of time as may be  determined  necessary  in  accordance
    16  with  a  utilization review procedure established by the commissioner of
    17  the office of  [alcoholism]  addiction  services  and  [substance  abuse
    18  services]  supports  and provided further, that this paragraph shall not
    19  apply to any hospital or part of a hospital as defined  in  section  two
    20  thousand  eight  hundred  one  of the public health law.   Such services
    21  shall include those provided by certified recovery peer  advocates  when
    22  provided  by programs certified, licensed or otherwise authorized by the
    23  office of addiction services and supports.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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