New York S 1796: Includes services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage

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S01796 Summary:

BILL NOS01796 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRBROUK, JACKSON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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Includes services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage.

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BILL NOS01796 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/24/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1796

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including
 services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain
 services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the
 2 social services law, as amended by section 12-a of part C of chapter 60
 3 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) out-patient hospital or clinic services in facilities operated in
 5 compliance with applicable provisions of this chapter, the public health
 6 law, the mental hygiene law and other laws, including any provisions
 7 thereof requiring an operating certificate or license, including facili-
 8 ties authorized by the appropriate licensing authority to provide inte-
 9 grated mental health services, and/or [alcoholism and] substance [abuse]
 10 use disorder services, and/or physical health services, and/or services
 11 to persons with developmental disabilities, when such services are
 12 provided at a single location or service site, or where such facilities
 13 are not conveniently accessible, in any hospital located within the
 14 state and care and services in a day treatment program operated by the
 15 department of mental hygiene or by a voluntary agency under an agreement
 16 with such department in that part of a public institution operated and
 17 approved pursuant to law as an intermediate care facility for persons
 18 with developmental disabilities; and provided, that the commissioners of
 19 health, mental health, [alcoholism] addiction services and [substance
 20 abuse services] supports and the office for people with developmental
 21 disabilities may issue regulations, including emergency regulations
 22 promulgated prior to October first, two thousand fifteen that are
 23 required to facilitate the establishment of integrated services clinics.
 24 Any such regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall be described

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05290-01-5

 S. 1796 2

 1 in the annual report required pursuant to section forty-five-c of part A
 2 of chapter fifty-six of the laws of two thousand thirteen. Such
 3 services shall include those provided by certified recovery peer advo-
 4 cates when provided by programs certified, licensed or otherwise author-
 5 ized by the office of addiction services and supports;
 6 § 2. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social
 7 services law, as amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 1999, is relet-
 8 tered paragraph (n-1) and amended to read as follows:
 9 (n-1) care, treatment, maintenance and rehabilitation services that
 10 would otherwise qualify for reimbursement pursuant to this chapter to
 11 persons suffering from [alcoholism in alcoholism facilities or chemical
 12 dependence] substance use disorder, as such term is defined in section
 13 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, in inpatient [chemical dependence]
 14 facilities, services, or programs operated in compliance with applicable
 15 provisions of this chapter and the mental hygiene law, and certified by
 16 the office of [alcoholism] addiction services and [substance abuse