STATE OF NEW YORK
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8912--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 30, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- recommitted to the Committee
on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring indi-
viduals to provide advanced notice prior to applying to operate
certain facilities or services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19.21 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
3 (e) The office shall require individuals planning to apply to operate
4 facilities and services related to alcoholism programs, substance abuse
5 programs, and chemical dependence programs, and any program or facility
6 purporting to provide such services, to provide advanced notice to muni-
7 cipalities and community boards in the communities to be served by such
8 facility or service. Such notice shall be provided no less than sixty
9 days before such individual applies to open such facility or service.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13974-03-0
