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A05953 Summary:

BILL NO	A05953
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Rosenthal L
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §32.12, Ment Hyg L
Requires all opioid treatment programs to have buprenorphine available for prescription to addicts.

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A05953 Actions:

BILL NO	A05953
02/20/2019	referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
01/08/2020	referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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A05953 Committee Votes:

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A05953 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5953
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 20, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the  availability
          of buprenorphine in opioid treatment programs
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  32.12 to read as follows:
     3  § 32.12 Availability of buprenorphine.
     4    Any  provider  of  services  or facility providing chemical dependence
     5  services shall  have  buprenorphine  available  to  be  administered  to
     6  addicts.  Such controlled substance shall be administered by a physician
     7  or group of physicians pursuant to subdivision (b) of section  32.05  of
     8  this article.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    11  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    12  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    13  completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04835-01-9

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