S05440 Summary:

BILL NOS05440A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORHARCKHAM
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §19.45, Ment Hyg L
 
Establishes the council for treatment equity within the office of addiction services and supports.
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S05440 Actions:

BILL NOS05440A
 
05/01/2019REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
05/30/2019REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
01/08/2020REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
02/21/2020AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
02/21/2020PRINT NUMBER 5440A
02/24/2020REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
03/03/20201ST REPORT CAL.553
03/04/20202ND REPORT CAL.
03/10/2020ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
12/28/2020COMMITTED TO RULES
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S05440 Committee Votes:

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S05440 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S05440 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5440--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 1, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
          Abuse  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
          Abuse  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --   committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing a
          council for treatment equity within the office of  addiction  services
          and supports
 
          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  19.45 to read as follows:
     3  § 19.45 The council for treatment equity.
     4    1. Definitions. As used in this section:
     5    (a)  "Council"  shall  mean  the  council for treatment equity created
     6  pursuant to this section which shall consist of a full time director and
     7  any additional full or part-time staff the commissioner deems  necessary
     8  to effectuate the provisions of this section.
     9    (b) "Treatment equity advisory board" shall mean the advisory board to
    10  the council, created pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
    11    (c)  "Vulnerable  populations"  shall  mean those who have experienced
    12  injustices and disadvantages as a result of their race, ethnicity, sexu-
    13  al orientation, gender identity, disability status,  age,  socioeconomic
    14  status  and/or  any other status which has caused a person to experience
    15  injustices and disadvantages.
    16    (d) "Racially and ethnically diverse areas" shall mean counties  where
    17  the non-white population is forty percent or more or the service area of
    18  an  agency,  corporation, facility or individual providing substance use
    19  disorder services where the non-white population of said area  is  forty
    20  percent or more.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04782-02-0

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     1    (e) "Provider of services" shall mean any agency, corporation, facili-
     2  ty or individual providing substance use disorder services to vulnerable
     3  populations.
     4    (f)  "Treatment  disparities"  shall  mean  measurable  differences in
     5  access to and quality of substance use disorder services  as  determined
     6  by  race,  ethnicity,  sexual  orientation,  gender identity, disability
     7  status, age and socioeconomic status.
     8    (g) "Treatment equity" shall  mean  achieving  the  highest  level  of
     9  substance  use disorder services for all people and shall entail focused
    10  efforts to address avoidable inequalities by equalizing those conditions
    11  for substance use disorder services  for  those  that  have  experienced
    12  injustices and socioeconomic disadvantages.
    13    2. The council for treatment equity. There is hereby created a council
    14  for  treatment  equity.   The council, in conjunction with the treatment
    15  equity advisory board, shall have the following powers and duties:
    16    (a) Work collaboratively with the office, other relevant  state  agen-
    17  cies and affected stakeholders, including, but not limited to, providers
    18  and  representatives  of vulnerable populations, in order to set priori-
    19  ties to achieve treatment equity in both racial and  ethnically  diverse
    20  areas and for vulnerable populations throughout the state;
    21    (b)  Analyze  collected  data  to  determine  the  causes of treatment
    22  disparities in both  racially  and  ethnically  diverse  areas  and  for
    23  vulnerable  populations  throughout  the  state, including any economic,
    24  physical, social or cultural barriers;
    25    (c) Develop and implement  strategies  aimed  at  achieving  treatment
    26  equity  in  racially  and  ethnically diverse areas and among vulnerable
    27  populations;
    28    (d) Promote community involvement by conducting promotional and educa-
    29  tional outreach programs regarding substance use disorders and available
    30  services; and
    31    (e) Review the impact of current laws,  rules,  regulations,  policies
    32  and  programs  that  may  be  affecting the ability to achieve treatment
    33  equity.
    34    3. The treatment equity advisory board. (a) The treatment equity advi-
    35  sory board shall  consist  of  twelve  members.  Six  members  shall  be
    36  appointed  by  the  governor,  three  members appointed by the temporary
    37  president of the senate and three members appointed by  the  speaker  of
    38  the  assembly. The chairperson of the board shall be the commissioner or
    39  their designee.
    40    (b) The members of the board shall be from the community  with  exper-
    41  tise  in  conducting  substance  use  disorder  services. In making such
    42  appointments, due consideration shall  be  given  to  ensuring  adequate
    43  geographic representation.
    44    (c)  The  term of office for each member of the treatment equity advi-
    45  sory board shall be two years. Vacancies in the treatment  equity  advi-
    46  sory  board, other than by expiration of a term, shall be filled for the
    47  remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as original  appoint-
    48  ments.
    49    (d)  The  members of the treatment equity advisory board shall receive
    50  no compensation for their services, but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  all
    51  expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of
    52  their  duties  under  this  section  within the amount made available by
    53  appropriation therefor.
    54    4. Report. The council shall submit a written report to the  governor,
    55  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no
    56  later  than  one  year succeeding the effective date of this section and

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     1  annually thereafter, setting forth  the  findings,  recommendations  and
     2  activities  of the council on matters within the scope of its powers and
     3  duties as set forth in this section.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law.
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