New York S 6082: Relates to HIV related testing requirements

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S06082 Summary:

BILL NOS06082 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRBAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §22.13, Ment Hyg L

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Establishes the community chemical dependency services expansion program; provides funding for local governmental units for the provision of new and expanded chemical dependency services.

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BILL NOS06082 

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

05/22/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6082

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 establishing the
 community chemical dependency services expansion program; and provid-
 ing 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. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 2 22.13 to read as follows:
 3 § 22.13 Community chemical dependency services expansion program.
 4 (a) Community chemical dependency services expansion funds shall be
 5 annually allocated by the commissioner based upon the following crite-
 6 ria:
 7 1. the efficiency and effectiveness of the use of funding within the
 8 local governmental unit for the delivery of services to persons with
 9 serious chemical dependency in order to assure that resources are made
 10 available to persons in the community;
 11 2. provisions that grantees of such funds for the provision of chemi-
 12 cal dependency detoxification services shall have a mechanism to link
 13 all clients receiving detoxification services to ongoing treatment for
 14 chemical dependency immediately upon the conclusion of their detoxifica-
 15 tion; and
 16 3. other relevant factors that require the maintenance of existing
 17 chemical dependency services and the development of new chemical depend-
 18 ency services.
 19 (b) Amounts provided pursuant to this section shall only be used to
 20 fund chemical dependency treatment services, including detoxification
 21 services, and associated local governmental unit administrative expenses
 22 such as approved net operating cost, fee-for-service reimbursement, or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10650-01-5

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 1 other financial mechanisms designed to achieve increased quality and
 2 cost effectiveness.
 3 (c) Funds shall be distributed pursuant to this section to local
 4 governmental units in proportion to each unit's unmet need for chemical
 5 dependency treatment services, as established by the office, except that
 6 in distributing such funds, the commissioner shall consider the extent
 7 to which each local governmental unit has maintained local contributions
 8 for expenditures of chemical dependency services made pursuant to this
 9 section in any fiscal year at a level equal to or greater than the
 10 amount expended for such services by such local governmental unit in
 11 the last completed fiscal year preceding that fiscal year.
 12 (d) The commissioner is authorized and empowered to make inspections
 13 and examine records of a local governmental unit receiving state aid
 14 under this section or a provider of services funded pursuant to subdivi-
 15 sion (b) of this section. Such examination shall include all medical,
 16 service and financial records, receipts, disbursements, contracts, loans
 17 and other moneys relating to the financial operation of the provider.
 18 (e) The amount of community chemical dependency services expansion
 19 funds for the office shall be determined in the annual budget and shall
 20 include the amount of general fund appropriation reductions attributable
 21 to reductions in medic