STATE OF NEW YORK
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6503
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 17, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 establishing,
incorporating and certifying addiction and substance abuse facilities
in the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law,
2 as amended by chapter 271 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (g) (1) The commissioner shall establish and operate chemical depend-
5 ence programs, facilities, and services for the prevention, treatment,
6 and rehabilitation, including relapse prevention and recovery mainte-
7 nance, of persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or
8 substances, and significant others not limited to the psychiatric model
9 but embodying all recognized or promising approaches.
10 (2) In cities with a population of one million or more, the commis-
11 sioner shall collect data on the number of facilities sited and operat-
12 ing within each jurisdiction of each community board. Such data shall be
13 made available on the office's website, updated as needed to maintain an
14 accurate dataset, and considered in the course of the approval of the
15 establishment, incorporation and certification of providers of substance
16 use disorder services.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
18 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10944-01-5
