S6174-2011 Actions

• May 21, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 10, 2012: REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

S6174-2011 Meetings

S6174-2011 Votes

S6174-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6174

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the office of
alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop training materials
for health care providers and qualified health professionals to
encourage implementation of the screening, brief intervention, and
referral to treatment program

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill supports the expansion of
the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Program
(SBIRT) beyond hospital emergency rooms by making available training
materials that should help to educate health care providers and
qualified health professionals on how to correctly administer SBIRT.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This legislation requires the office
of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop training
materials for screening for alcoholism and chemical dependency.

JUSTIFICATION:
Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment
(SBIRT) is an evidence-based practice model which is proven to be
successful in modifying behavioral patterns with at-risk substance
users and in identifying individuals who are in need of more
extensive, specialized treatment. The implementation of SBIRT in
primary health care settings (hospitals, outpatient clinics and
private physician offices) will allow for the early detection of
risky alcohol and drug use. Applied as a comprehensive, integrated,
public health approach, it can result in early intervention which
could help to avert the serious and costly health consequences of
undetected substance abuse.

The 2011-2012 New York State Enacted Budget included a proposal that
will expand the use of SHIRT for alcohol/drug abuse beyond the
emergency room setting. According to the Medicaid Redesign Team, New
York State will realize a savings of $850,000 in the 2011-2012 State
Fiscal Year (SFY) with state savings in the SFY 2012-2013 and in the
outlying years increasing to $1.7 million.

The expansion of SBIRT beyond the emergency room will require health
care professionals to learn a new set of skills and become familiar
with new administrative processes. Training will help to ensure the
effective implementation of SHIRT in primary care settings.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6174-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         6174
 I N  SENATE
 January 10, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
 office  of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop training
 materials for health care providers and qualified health professionals
 to encourage implementation of the screening, brief intervention,  and
 referral to treatment program
 

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

 

Section 1.

Section 19.07 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:

 (I)  THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, IN CONSUL
 TATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE  AND  PUBLISH,  IN
 ELECTRONIC  OR  OTHER FORMAT, TRAINING MATERIALS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVID
 ERS, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, RECOGNIZED
 BY  THE  OFFICE  TO  ENABLE  THE  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING, BRIEF
 INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PROGRAM (SBIRT).  SUCH  TRAINING
 MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE ANY AND ALL MATERIALS NECESSARY TO INFORM HEALTH
 CARE  PROVIDERS  AND  QUALIFIED  HEALTH  PROFESSIONALS OF THE METHOD FOR
 ADMINISTERING THE SBIRT PROGRAM TO A PATIENT IN THE CARE OF HEALTH  CARE
 PROVIDERS  OR  QUALIFIED  HEALTH  PROFESSIONALS. SUCH TRAINING MATERIALS
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS  AND  QUALIFIED  HEALTH
 PROFESSIONALS  THROUGH  THE  OFFICIAL  WEBSITES  OF  THE  OFFICE AND THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS DEEMED  APPROPRIATE  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11571-01-1

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