Designates services to be provided by a jail-based substance use disorder treatment, peer led recovery support services, and transition services program as essential medical care services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2587
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to designating
services to be provided by a jail-based substance use disorder treat-
ment, peer led recovery support services, and transition services
program as essential medical care services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19.18-c of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. Services to be provided by a jail-based substance use disorder
4 treatment, peer led recovery support services, and transition services
5 program pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be deemed
6 essential medical care services.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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