Directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to ensure persons have accessible healthcare, treatment capacities and harm reduction services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6910
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 9, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
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 ensure persons have accessible healthcare, treatment capac-
12 ities and harm reduction services; provided, however,
13 (i) in any one of the assembly districts, the number of persons cannot
14 exceed two percent of the total number of persons enrolled in the office
15 of addiction services and supports programs;
16 (ii) in any of the assembly districts, the number of persons cannot
17 fall below .2% of the total number of persons enrolled in the office of
18 addiction services and supports programs;
19 (iii) in any one location, or within one hundred feet of such
20 location, the number of persons cannot exceed one percent of the total
21 number of persons enrolled in the office of addiction services and
22 supports programs; and
23 (iv) no license shall be issued on the same street or within two
24 hundred feet of a building that is used exclusively as a school, church,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 synagogue or other place of worship, or another existing program
2 licensed by the office of addiction services and supports.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
