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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2209
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 20, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SEPULVEDA, BIAGGI, BROOKS, KAPLAN, PARKER -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual reporting
          on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law,
     2  as  amended by section 118-f of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the
     3  laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (h) The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] addiction  services
     5  and  supports  shall  monitor  programs  providing care and treatment to
     6  [inmates] incarcerated individuals in correctional  facilities  operated
     7  by  the  department  of corrections and community supervision who have a
     8  history of alcohol or substance [abuse] use disorder or dependence.  The
     9  office  shall  also  develop guidelines for the operation of alcohol and
    10  substance [abuse] use disorder treatment programs in  such  correctional
    11  facilities,  based  on best practices, and tailored to the nature of the
    12  individual's substance use, history of past treatment,  and  history  of
    13  mental  illness  or trauma, which may include harm reduction strategies,
    14  in order to ensure that such programs sufficiently  meet  the  needs  of
    15  [inmates]   incarcerated  individuals  with  a  history  of  alcohol  or
    16  substance [abuse] use disorder or dependence and promote the  successful
    17  transition to treatment in the community upon release. No later than the
    18  first  day  of  December  of each year, the office shall submit a report
    19  regarding: (1) the adequacy and effectiveness of alcohol  and  substance
    20  [abuse]  use  disorder  treatment programs operated by the department of
    21  corrections and community supervision; (2) the total number of incarcer-
    22  ated individuals in correctional facilities that have been screened for,
    23  and determined to  have,  a  substance  use  disorder;  (3)  information
    24  regarding  which  substances incarcerated individuals are most dependent
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00543-01-1
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     1  upon and the  available  treatment  for  such  individuals  within  each
     2  correctional  facility;  (4) the total number of individuals who partic-
     3  ipate in each of the treatment programs operated by  the  department  of
     4  corrections and community supervision; and (5) the total number of indi-
     5  viduals  who  participated in a substance use disorder treatment program
     6  but failed to complete such program, as well as whether such failure  to
     7  complete  the  program  was a result of disciplinary action taken by the
     8  facility against the individual for instances unrelated to their partic-
     9  ipation in the treatment program.  The  department  of  corrections  and
    10  community  supervision  shall provide the office with information needed
    11  to complete this report.  Such report shall be sent to the governor, the
    12  temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
    13  chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction,
    14  and the chairman of the assembly committee on correction.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.