New York S 4950: Relates to the payment for services at addiction treatment centers operated by the office of addiction services and supports

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S04950 Summary:

BILL NOS04950 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25.17, Ment Hyg L

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Requires that services at addiction treatment centers operated by the office of addiction services and supports shall not be refused at such centers if a person is unable to pay.

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BILL NOS04950 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

03/12/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.762

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/20/2025referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

01/29/20261ST REPORT CAL.210

02/03/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/24/2026PASSED SENATE

02/24/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/24/2026referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4950

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and
 Substance Use Disorders

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the payment for
 services at addiction treatment centers operated by 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. Section 25.17 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by
 2 section 12 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 25.17 Fees for services.
 5 Voluntary agencies and programs operated by local governmental units
 6 funded in whole or in part by the office shall establish, subject to the
 7 approval of the office, fee schedules for substance use disorder and/or
 8 compulsive gambling services, including for such services at addiction
 9 treatment centers operated by the office of addiction services and
 10 supports, not specifically covered by the rates established pursuant to
 11 article twenty-eight of the public health law or title two of article
 12 five of the social services law. Such fees shall be charged for
 13 substance use disorder and/or compulsive gambling services furnished to
 14 persons who are financially able to pay the same, provided, that such
 15 services shall not be refused to any person because of [his] their
 16 inability to pay therefor.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 18 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 19 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 20 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 21 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09691-01-5

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