Authorizes the provision of opioid treatment services by certain entities including corporations owned by another corporation in order to increase consumer accessibility to opioid treatment services in geographic areas determined by the commissioner to be in need of such services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8600--A
Cal. No. 1429
IN SENATE
May 10, 2018
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Introduced by Sens. AMEDORE, HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and
Drug Abuse -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing an
opioid treatment services demonstration program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 32.31 of the mental hygiene law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph 7 to read as follows:
3 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision or any other
4 rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner shall implement a
5 demonstration program to increase consumer accessibility to opioid
6 treatment services in geographic areas determined by the commissioner to
7 be in need of such services. In implementing such demonstration program,
8 the commissioner may approve an application by a facility seeking to
9 provide opioid treatment services that would be operated by a corpo-
10 ration, the stock of which is owned by another corporation, or a part-
11 nership or limited liability company with members that are not natural
12 persons, provided that the applicant, the applicant's principal stock-
13 holders, and members, as applicable, and the applicant's controlling
14 persons, comply with all other applicable requirements of this article
15 and the regulations of the commissioner.
16 § 2. The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall
17 assess the efficacy of the demonstration program established pursuant to
18 paragraph 7 of subdivision (d) of section 32.31 of the mental hygiene
19 law, as added by section one of this act, and issue a report to the
20 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
21 assembly, identifying the number of facilities approved to provide
22 opioid treatment services in accordance with such paragraph, the
23 geographic distribution of such providers, and the level of access
24 provided to low income populations, on or before December 31, 2022.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15461-03-8
S. 8600--A 2
1 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
2 the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall not be
3 permitted to issue any application approvals pursuant to paragraph 7 of
4 subdivision (d) of section 32.31 of the mental hygiene law, as added by
5 section one of this act, after December 31, 2022.
