S4582B-2011 Actions

• Jun 15, 2011: SUBSTITUTED BY A141B
• Jun 7, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4582B
• May 16, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4582A
• May 10, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 9, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 4, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.550
• Apr 12, 2011: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

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BILL NUMBER:S4582

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding a representative
of veteran and alcoholism or substance abuse programs and a
representative who is a veteran that served in combat and is recovering
from alcohol and/or substance abuse to the advisory
council on alcoholism and substance abuse services

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To add a veterans provider
representative and veterans consumer representative to the advisory
council of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
(OASAS) to ensure that veteran issues are adequately addressed in
OASAS planning.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 19.05 of the
Mental Hygiene law by increasing the number of OASAS advisory council
members from twenty-six to twenty-eight; and by adding one
representative of a program or provider that treats veterans and one
consumer representative who is a combat veteran recovering from
alcohol and/or substance abuse to the OASAS advisory council.

Section two provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Through their service, many military personnel in New
York were exposed to or have experienced trauma, placing many of them
in high risk categories of triggering underlying conditions, such as
alcoholism and substance abuse problems.
OASAS-certified programs treated nearly 14,000 veterans for alcohol or
substance abuse in the past year. According to the federal Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, approximately 75,000
New York veterans suffer from alcoholism or alcohol dependence. At
a joint hearing held February 2, 2010 by the Assembly Committees on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Veterans' Affairs, and Mental Health,
witnesses testified that many barriers exist for veterans seeking
alcohol and substance abuse treatment, including lack of information,
stigma, and lack of qualified counselors.

This bill requires that veterans get a voice on the OASAS advisory
council to ensure that veteran issues and barriers to treatment are
being adequately addressed in OASAS planning.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.10889, 2010 passed Assembly. Same as
S.7566-A, passed Senate. Vetoed (Veto No. 6721 of 2010).

FISCAL IMPLICATION:
Not yet determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4582B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 4582--B
 Cal. No. 550
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 April 12, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BALL,  AVELLA,  ZELDIN  -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental
 Health  and Developmental Disabilities -- reported favorably from said
 committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
 reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retain
 ing its place in the order of third reading
 

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  a
 representative  of  veteran and alcoholism or substance abuse programs
 and a representative who is a veteran that served  in  combat  and  is
 recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse to the advisory council
 on alcoholism and substance abuse services
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subdivision (a) of section  19.05  of
 the  mental  hygiene law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2008,
 are amended to read as follows:

 (1) ten consumer representatives, including persons who are recovering
 from alcohol and/or substance abuse or significant others of patients or
 former patients or patient advocates, or representatives of advocacy and
 prevention organizations.  OF THE FOREGOING APPOINTMENTS, ONE SHALL BE A
 VETERAN WHO HAS SERVED IN A COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF  OPERATIONS
 AND IS A MEMBER OF A VETERANS ORGANIZATION;
 (2)  ten representatives of providers of services to persons who abuse
 or are dependent on alcohol  and/or  substances  or  engage  in  problem
 gambling,  including but not limited to representatives of free standing
 inpatient alcoholism or substance abuse facilities,  general  hospitals,
 residential facilities for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol
 and/or substances, methadone maintenance programs, outpatient facilities
 for persons who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or substances, and
 prevention and gambling programs, at least one of whom shall be a physi
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00921-05-1
 
       S. 4582--B                          2
 cian, AND ONE WHO HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN A
 COMBAT  THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS and not more than two shall
 represent each group of facilities; and
 

S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall only apply to
 vacancies occurring on or after such effective date.

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