New York S 5105: Directs the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to promulgate rules and regulations for providers operating in rural locations

Status: REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE (as of 2026-03-11)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5105

Sponsors: Pete Harckham, Lea Webb, Nathalia Fernandez, Peter Oberacker

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S05105 Summary:

BILL NOS05105 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02622

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, OBERACKER, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §19.09, Ment Hyg L

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Directs the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to promulgate rules and regulations for providers operating in rural locations while taking into account the extra challenges encountered by such providers, including but not limited to, increased and additional expenses.

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BILL NOS05105 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

03/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.544

03/13/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/17/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/19/2025PASSED SENATE

03/19/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/19/2025referred 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.211

02/03/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/11/2026PASSED SENATE

03/11/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/11/2026referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5105

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, FERNANDEZ, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcohol-
 ism and Substance Use Disorders

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to directing the
 commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to
 promulgate rules and regulations for providers operating in rural
 locations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows:
 3 (m) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for
 4 providers who operate in rural locations that take into account the
 5 extra challenges encountered by such providers, including but not limit-
 6 ed to, increased and additional expenses.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 8 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 9 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 10 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 11 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03790-01-5

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