Establishes a family support and recovery services program to provide services to patients and families during treatment for alcoholism and substance abuse.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8117
IN SENATE
March 29, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to a family support
and recovery services program; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon the expiration thereof
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 19.18-b to read as follows:
3 § 19.18-b Family support and recovery services demonstration program.
4 1. Within available appropriations, the commissioner shall develop a
5 family support and recovery services program. This program shall provide
6 family support and recovery services to adolescent and adult patients,
7 and their families, during treatment, including, but not limited to,
8 inpatient and outpatient treatment, and shall be available to such
9 patients and their families for up to twelve months after completion of
10 such treatment program. The commissioner shall identify where the family
11 support and recovery services programs will be established; provided,
12 however, that one such program shall be established in western New York
13 and another such program shall be in Long Island.
14 2. Family support and recovery services shall include:
15 (a) treatment placement services;
16 (b) housing placement services;
17 (c) peer supports, including peer to peer support groups;
18 (d) employment support; and
19 (e) transportation assistance.
20 3. Not later than April first, two thousand twenty-one, the commis-
21 sioner shall provide the governor, the temporary president of the
22 senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate standing
23 committee on alcoholism and drug abuse and the chair of the assembly
24 committee on alcoholism and drug abuse with written evaluation of the
25 program. Such evaluation shall, at a minimum, address the overall effec-
26 tiveness of this program, identify best practices for family support and
27 recovery services provided under this program, and any additional family
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 support and recovery services that may be appropriate within each type
2 of program operated, regulated, funded, or approved by the office. The
3 written evaluation shall be made available on the office's website.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
5 deemed repealed April 1, 2021.
