New York A 6435: Establishes contingency management services for certain persons with substance use disorders

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A06435 Summary:

BILL NOA06435 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03515

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SPONSORCarroll R

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COSPNSRSeawright, Simon, Bores, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§19.03 & 19.17, Ment Hyg L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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Requires the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to provide contingency management services, including non-cash rewards, for persons with addiction disorders who abstain from substance abuse and comply with treatment objectives.

Go to top A06435 Actions:

BILL NOA06435 

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03/04/2025referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

01/07/2026referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6435

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, BORES -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the social services law, in
 relation to establishing contingency management services for certain
 persons with substance use disorders

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

 1 Section 1. Section 19.03 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
 3 3. "Contingency management services" means addiction disorder
 4 services, including prescription and non-prescription digital therapeu-
 5 tics overseen by a healthcare professional, for persons with a substance
 6 use disorder that provides individuals with non-cash rewards to abstain
 7 from substance use, by incentivizing specified behaviors, including, but
 8 not limited to continued evidence of negative substance test results,
 9 engagement in treatment, and other behavior which adheres to treatment
 10 goals.
 11 4. "Non-cash rewards" means financial incentives for healthy behavior
 12 given to a contingency management services program participant that are
 13 not in the form of United States currency, including but not limited to
 14 gift cards, reloadable debit cards, vouchers, and other similar elec-
 15 tronic or physical mediums that cannot be converted into cash.
 16 § 2. Section 19.17 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
 17 new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
 18 (h) (1) The office shall, in coordination with the department of
 19 health and the New York state conference of local mental hygiene direc-
 20 tors, establish a program to provide contingency management services, as
 21 defined in subdivision three of section 19.03 of this article for
 22 persons eligible for medical assistance under title eleven of article
 23 five of the social services law for individuals in recovery for
 24 substance use disorder.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00293-01-5

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 1 (2) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, non-cash rewards
 2 for contingency management services received by an individual pursuant
 3 to this subdivision shall not be considered income or resources of an
 4 individual for the purposes of any determinations of eligibility for any
 5 other state program or benefit, including but not limited to the medical
 6 assistance program, any state or federal program, or any other means-
 7 tested program or benefit.
 8 (3) In developing the program under paragraph one of this subdivision,
 9 the office shall:
 10 (A) develop a plan to monitor the program for fraud and misuse of
 11 contingency management rewards; and
 12 (B) establish a delivery mechanism for non-cash rewards with measures
 13 designed to prevent program participants from:
 14 (I) converting the rewards into U.S. currency (cash);
 15 (II) redeeming the rewards for drugs or alcohol; or
 16 (III) using or spending the rewards at casinos, gambling/betting
 17 services, gun shops, or escort services.
 18 (4) In developing the program under paragraph one of this subdivision,
 19 the office may:
 20 (A) issue guidance on the use of contingency management services for
 21 beneficiaries who access substan