New York A 11001: Relates to reimbursement for non-medical transportation for individuals with a substance use disorder to receive peer support services

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A11001 Summary:

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Relates to reimbursement for non-medical transportation for individuals with a substance use disorder to receive peer support services.

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04/16/2026referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11001

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 16, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to reimbursement for
 non-medical transportation for individuals with a substance use disor-
 der to receive peer support services

 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 19.18-d to read as follows:
 3 § 19.18-d Reimbursement for transportation to peer support services.
 4 The office shall establish reimbursement rates for non-medical trans-
 5 portation for individuals with a substance use disorder to receive
 6 services from a peer certified by the office of addiction services and
 7 supports. As part of the development of such rates, the office, in
 8 consultation with the department of health, shall pursue federal Medi-
 9 caid participation and reimbursement. The office shall also consider
 10 the use of any federal grants, including state opioid response grants
 11 and supplemental substance abuse prevention and treatment block grants,
 12 to support such reimbursement. Such reimbursement rates shall be estab-
 13 lished by April first, two thousand twenty-six.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 16 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 17 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 18 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01569-01-5

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