New York S 1731: Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program

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S01731 Summary:

BILL NOS01731 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08955

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSRASHBY, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L

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Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program"; codifies the purposes of such program as offering financial education assistance to individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in addiction studies or the education requirements for an office of addiction services and supports credential at Alfred State College, Stony Brook University or Empire State University.

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BILL NOS01731 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

05/22/20251ST REPORT CAL.1277

05/27/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/28/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred 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.209

02/03/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/05/2026PASSED SENATE

02/05/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/05/2026referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1731

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 renaming an
 office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS
 Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship
 Program"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (o) to read as follows:
 3 (o) The office shall administer a scholarship program to be named the
 4 "NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship
 5 Program". Such program shall offer financial education assistance to
 6 individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in addiction studies or the
 7 education requirements for an office of addiction services and supports
 8 credential at Alfred State College, Stony Brook University or Empire
 9 State University. Such program shall use such funds as shall be provided
 10 by the governor for the purposes under this subdivision. The commission-
 11 er shall be authorized to seek and receive any assistance deemed neces-
 12 sary by the commissioner from the University of the State of New York in
 13 the administration of such program. Such program shall operate as a
 14 continuation of any program operating under the leadership of the office
 15 for the same purpose in existence upon the effective date of this subdi-
 16 vision. The commissioner shall be authorized to promulgate any rules
 17 and/or regulations necessary for the implementation of this subdivision.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 19 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 20 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 21 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 22 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04763-01-5

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