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A08160 Summary:

BILL NO	A08160
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Fahy
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program"; codifies the purposes of such program as offering financial education assistance to individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in addiction studies or the education requirements for an office of addiction services and supports credential at Alfred State College, Stony Brook University or Empire State University.

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A08160 Actions:

BILL NO	A08160
10/18/2023	referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
01/03/2024	referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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A08160 Committee Votes:

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A08160 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8160
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    October 18, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  renaming  an
          office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS
          Father   Peter  Young  Memorial  Addiction  Professionals  Scholarship
          Program"

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  19.07  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (o) to read as follows:
     3    (o) The office shall administer a scholarship program to be named  the
     4  "NYS  Father  Peter  Young  Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship
     5  Program". Such program shall offer  financial  education  assistance  to
     6  individuals  pursuing  a  bachelor's  degree in addiction studies or the
     7  education requirements for an office of addiction services and  supports
     8  credential  at  Alfred  State  College, Stony Brook University or Empire
     9  State University. Such program shall use such funds as shall be provided
    10  by the governor for the purposes under this subdivision. The commission-
    11  er shall be authorized to seek and receive any assistance deemed  neces-
    12  sary by the commissioner from the University of the State of New York in
    13  the  administration  of  such  program.  Such program shall operate as a
    14  continuation of any program operating under the leadership of the office
    15  for the same purpose in existence upon the effective date of this subdi-
    16  vision. The commissioner shall be authorized  to  promulgate  any  rules
    17  and/or regulations necessary for the implementation of this subdivision.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    20  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    21  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    22  on or before such effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13266-01-3

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