New York S 5497: Establishes certified recovery residences for individuals recovering from substance use disorder

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S05497 Summary:

BILL NOS05497 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §19.22, Ment Hyg L

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Establishes certified recovery residences for individuals recovering from substance use disorder; provides for state aid and municipal site approval.

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BILL NOS05497 

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5497

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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
 certified recovery residences for individuals recovering from
 substance use disorder

 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 19.22 to read as follows:
 3 § 19.22 Certified recovery residences.
 4 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 5 the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Certified recovery residential facility" means a supportive
 7 living facility with four to fourteen residents or a supervised living
 8 facility subject to licensure by the office which provides a residence
 9 for up to fourteen individuals who are recovering from substance use
 10 disorder.
 11 (b) "Provider" means a provider of inpatient or outpatient substance
 12 use disorder recovery services which intends to establish or operate a
 13 certified recovery residential facility.
 14 (c) "Municipality" means an incorporated village if a facility is to
 15 be located therein, a town if the facility is to be located therein and
 16 not simultaneously within an incorporated village, or a city, except
 17 that in the city of New York, the community board with jurisdiction over
 18 the area in which such a facility is to be located shall be considered
 19 the municipality.
 20 (d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office of the depart-
 21 ment responsible for issuance of license and operating certificate to
 22 the proposed certified recovery residential facility.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10090-01-5

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 1 2. The commissioner shall have the power to operate or cause to be
 2 operated certified recovery residential facilities. Within amounts
 3 available therefor and subject to regulations established by such
 4 commissioner and notwithstanding any other provisions of this article,
 5 they may provide state aid to providers (a) in an amount not to exceed
 6 fifty percent for acquisition or construction of such certified recovery
 7 residences, and (b) in an amount not to exceed fifty percent for the
 8 total operating costs of community residences except certified recovery
 9 residences. Such state aid to providers shall not be granted unless
 10 there has been prior approval of the proposed certified recovery resi-
 11 dence by the local governmental unit.
 12 3. If a provider intends to establish a residential facility for indi-
 13 viduals recovering from substance use disorder within a municipality but
 14 does not have a specific site selected, it may notify the chief execu-
 15 tive officer of the municipality in writing of its intentions and
 16 include in such notice a description of the nature, size and community
 17 support requirements of the program. Provided, however, nothing in this
 18 subdivision shall preclude the proposed establishment of a site pursuant
 19 to subdivision four of this section.
 20 4. (a) When a site has been selected by the provider, it shall notify
 21 the chief executive officer of the municipality in writing and include
 22 in such notice the specific address of the site, the type of community
 23 residence, the number of residents and the community support require-
 24 m