Provides for the issuance of operating certificates for federally organized, operated or authorized Indian health service facilities with addictions programs to operate as providers of chemical dependence services following certain attestations.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9501
IN ASSEMBLY
March 14, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the issuance of
operating certificates for certain providers of chemical dependence
services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 32.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
3 (h) 1. Subject to paragraph two of this subdivision, an attestation
4 from a program organized, operated or authorized by the federal govern-
5 ment to operate as an Indian health service facility, with an addictions
6 program, shall be recognized by the commissioner as sufficient evidence
7 that the program meets the applicable standards for certification for
8 purposes of issuing an operating certificate.
9 2. The attestation identified in paragraph one of this subdivision
10 shall attest that:
11 (i) the program is authorized by the federal government to operate as
12 an Indian health service facility, with an addictions program; and
13 (ii) the program will maintain compliance with all office of addiction
14 services and supports:
15 (A) general facility requirements,
16 (B) patient rights requirements,
17 (C) standards for substance use disorder outpatient programs, and
18 (D) incident reporting and other relevant requirements.
19 3. Such program may be issued an operating certificate upon its
20 submission of the attestation and a community engagement plan and
21 evidence of active and ongoing community engagement at the facility
22 location.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14420-01-4
