Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 infant recovery centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5480
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 2, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Title 1 of article 25 of the public health law is amended
2 by adding a new section 2509 to read as follows:
3 § 2509. Infant recovery centers pilot program. There shall be estab-
4 lished an infant recovery centers pilot program whereby the commission-
5 er, in consultation with the commissioner of alcohol and substance abuse
6 services, shall establish at least four infant recovery centers in areas
7 of need in the state. Such centers shall provide cost effective, neces-
8 sary services and enhance the quality of care for targeted populations
9 in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of such program. Eligible
10 infants shall be under one year of age and suffer from withdrawal
11 resulting from in utero exposure to drugs. Such infant withdrawal may be
12 the result of conditions including, but not limited to, neonatal absti-
13 nence syndrome. The program shall provide more appropriate settings and
14 cost effective care for these infants than hospitals, while also provid-
15 ing supports and services to parents preparing to bring their infants
16 home. Access to such supports shall continue for a period after the
17 infant has left a center.
18 The department shall be responsible for monitoring the quality, appro-
19 priateness and effectiveness of the centers and shall report to the
20 legislature within one year of the establishment of the infant recovery
21 centers and again within two years of the effective date of this section
22 on the program's effectiveness.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
24 deemed repealed 4 years after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01559-01-9
