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NY Ment Hygiene L § 19.40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 19 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse 19.40 - Provision of Chemical Dependence Services.

§ 19.40 Provision of chemical dependence services.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the office shall have the authority to issue a single operating certificate for the  provision of  chemical  dependence  services  to  providers  of  alcoholism and/or substance abuse services previously certified or  licensed  pursuant  to articles  twenty-three  and/or  thirty-one  of  this chapter and who are deemed by the commissioner to meet applicable  requirements  of  article thirty-two   of  this  chapter  and  operating  regulations  promulgated thereunder. The commissioner shall  have  the  authority  to  waive  any requirements  deemed  to  be duplicative or unnecessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.  (b) Certificates of approval  and  operating  certificates  previously issued  under  article  twenty-three  and/or  thirty-one of this chapter shall remain in full force  and  effect  until  they  are  converted  to operating certificates for the provision of chemical dependence services pursuant  to  this  chapter. Conversion shall occur upon promulgation of applicable   chemical   dependence   operating   regulations   by    the commissioner,  taking into consideration time which is reasonably needed by providers of services to come into compliance  with  such  applicable regulations.  (c)  All  providers  of  chemical dependence services issued operating certificates pursuant to this section shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter applicable to providers of alcoholism  services  and  to all  provisions  of  this  chapter  applicable to providers of substance abuse services.  (d) Providers of chemical dependence services not previously certified or licensed pursuant to articles twenty-three and/or thirty-one of  this chapter  shall  be certified for the provision of such services pursuant to article thirty-two of this chapter.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 19.42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 19 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse 19.42 - Medical Advisory Panel.

§ 19.42 Medical advisory panel.   There is hereby created within the office, a medical advisory panel.  (a)  The  panel  shall  consist  of  such  officers and members as are appointed by, and who serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. Members shall include physicians  and  other  medical,  health  services  and/or scientific professionals as are deemed appropriate by the commissioner.  (b) The panel shall advise the commissioner on medical issues relevant to alcoholism and/or substance abuse.  (c)  The  panel shall meet with such frequency as may be determined by the panel or the commissioner.  (d) The panel may establish such committees as it deems necessary.  (e) The panel may establish written bylaws.  (f) The commissioner, upon request of the panel,  shall  designate  an employee of the office to provide support services to the panel, and may assign from time to time such other employees as the panel may request.  (g) The officers or members of the panel shall receive no compensation for  their  services  but  shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.  (h) No civil action shall be brought in any court against any  officer or  member of the medical advisory panel of the office for any act done, failure to act, or statement or opinion made, while discharging  his  or her  duties  as  an officer or member of the panel, without leave from a justice of the supreme court, first had and obtained. In any event  such officer  or member shall not be liable for damages in any such action if he or she shall have acted in good faith, with reasonable care and  upon probable  cause.  Officers  and members of the panel shall be considered public officers for the purposes of  section  seventeen  of  the  public officers law.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 19.43 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 19 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse 19.43 - Retaliatory Personnel Actions.

§ 19.43 Retaliatory personnel actions.Employees  of  facilities,  programs and providers operated, licensed,   certified, authorized or funded by the office shall have protection from   retaliatory action from employers as  provided  for  in  sections  seven   hundred forty and seven hundred forty-one of the labor law.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 19.45 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 19 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse 19.45 - Substance Use Disorder Education and Recovery Grants.

§ 19.45 Substance use disorder education and recovery grants.  (a)  The  office  shall develop and implement a program which provides grants to organizations engaged in activities  which  are  dedicated  to providing   education,   prevention,  treatment  or  recovery  to  those suffering from substance use disorders.  (b) On or before the first  day  of  February  each  year,  the  state comptroller  shall  certify  to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate  finance  committee and  chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited in the substance use disorder  education  and  recovery  fund, established  pursuant to section eighty-nine-j of the state finance law, during the preceding calendar year as  the  result  of  revenue  derived pursuant to section six hundred twenty-nine-b of the tax law.  (c) On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner of addiction services and supports shall provide a written report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate   finance  committee,  chair  of  the  assembly  ways  and  means committee,  chair  of  the  senate  committee  on  mental   health   and developmental  disabilities,  and  chair  of  the assembly mental health committee. Such report shall include how the monies of the substance use disorder education and recovery fund were utilized during the proceeding calendar year and shall include:  (1) the amount of money dispersed from the fund;  (2) recipients of awards from the fund;  (3) the amount awarded to each recipient; and  (4) the purposes for which such awards were granted.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 22.01 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 22 - Chemical Dependence Programs, Treatment Facilities, and Services 22.01 - Admission to Chemical Dependence Programs, Treatment Facilities and Services.

§  22.01 Admission to chemical dependence programs, treatment facilities   and services.Unless otherwise  specifically  provided  for  by  statute,  a  person   suffering  from  chemical  abuse  or  dependence  shall be admitted to a   chemical dependence program, service, or treatment facility pursuant  to   the  provisions  of this article. For purposes of this article, the term   "chemical dependence programs, treatment facilities and services"  shall   mean  and  include alcoholism and/or substance abuse programs, treatment   facilities, and services.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 22.03 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 22 - Chemical Dependence Programs, Treatment Facilities, and Services 22.03 - Patient Rights; Notice to All Patients of Their Rights.

§ 22.03 Patient rights; notice to all patients of their rights.  (a)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law including but not limited to the election law, no person's rights  as  a  citizen  of  the United States or of the state of New York shall be forfeited or abridged because  of such person's participation in chemical dependence programs, treatment facilities or services. Such participation shall  include  but is  not  limited to the certification as substance dependent of a person to the  care  and  custody  of  the  office  under  previously  existing provisions  of  law.  The  fact,  proceedings, application, or treatment relating to a person's participation in  chemical  dependence  programs, treatment  facilities, or services shall not be used against such person in any action or proceeding in any court.  (b) Immediately upon the  admission  of  any  patient  to  a  chemical dependence program, service, or treatment facility, the director of such program,  service, or facility, or his or her designee, shall inform the patient in writing of his or her status, including the section  of  this chapter  under  which  he  or  she is admitted, and of his or her rights under this article.  (c) The director of every chemical  dependence  program,  service,  or treatment facility shall post copies of a notice in a form and manner to be  determined by the commissioner, at places throughout the facility or program where such notice  shall  be  conspicuous  and  visible  to  all patients, stating the following:   1.  a  general  statement  of the rights of patients under the various admission or retention provisions of this article; and   2. the right of the patient to  communicate  with  the  director,  the board of visitors, if any, and the commissioner.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 22.05 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 22 - Chemical Dependence Programs, Treatment Facilities, and Services 22.05 - Patient's Records.

§ 22.05 Patient's records.  (a)  After  the  admission  of any patient, the director of a chemical dependence  program  or  treatment  facility  shall,  within  five  days excluding  Sunday  and  holidays, forward to the office such information from the record in such  time  and  manner  as  the  commissioner  shall require  by  regulation.  Such information from the record in the office shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in sections  33.13  and 33.16 of this chapter.  (b)  All  records  of  identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment in connection with a person's receipt of chemical dependence services shall be confidential and shall be released only in accordance with applicable provisions of the public health law, any other state  law,  federal  law and duly executed court orders.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 22.07 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 22 - Chemical Dependence Programs, Treatment Facilities, and Services 22.07 - Informal Admission.

§ 22.07 Informal admission.   For  purposes of this chapter, the director of any chemical dependence program or treatment facility may  receive  therein  as  a  patient  any person  found  by such director to be suitable for, and in need of, such care and treatment and requesting admission thereto,  provided  however, that   nothing   in   this  section  shall  be  construed  to  guarantee reimbursement for such treatment.  (a) Such person may be admitted as a patient without making formal  or written  application  therefor,  and any such person shall be discharged from such program or facility upon his or her request at any time  after admission,  provided,  however, that such action may have other legal or fiscal consequences pursuant  to  other  state  and  federal  laws,  and provided  further  that  minors  shall  be  admitted  and  discharged in accordance with section 22.11 of this article.  (b) Participation in chemical dependence treatment is  voluntary.  The office  or  any  chemical dependence program or treatment facility shall not force or otherwise coerce any person to participate in such  program or  treatment,  provided  however that receipt of emergency services for incapacitated persons shall be governed in accordance with section 22.09 of this article, and provided further, a person's  failure  to  complete treatment required by judicial mandate may have legal consequences under the terms of such mandate.  (c)  The  commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations and take any other necessary action to insure that the rights of individuals  who have   received  or  are  receiving  chemical  dependence  services  are protected.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.01 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.01 - Definitions.

§ 25.01 Definitions.  (a) As used herein:   1. "Local  governmental  unit"  shall  have  the  same meaning as that contained in article forty-one of this chapter.   2. "Operating expenses" shall mean expenditures approved by the office and incurred for the maintenance and operation of substance use disorder and/or compulsive  gambling  programs,  including  but  not  limited  to expenditures  for  treatment, administration, personnel, and contractual services. Operating expenses do  not  include  capital  costs  and  debt service  unless  such  expenses  are  related  to the rent, financing or refinancing of the design,  construction,  acquisition,  reconstruction, rehabilitation  or  improvement  of  a  substance  use  disorder  and/or compulsive gambling program facility  pursuant  to  the  mental  hygiene facilities  finance program through the dormitory authority of the state of  New  York  (DASNY;   successor   to   the   Facilities   Development Corporation), or otherwise approved by the office.   3. "Debt  service"  shall mean amounts, subject to the approval of the office, required to be paid to amortize obligations including  principal and interest, assumed by or on behalf of a voluntary agency or a program operated by a local governmental unit.   4. "Capital  costs"  shall  mean  the costs of a program operated by a local governmental unit or  a  voluntary  agency  with  respect  to  the acquisition   of  real  property  estates,  interests,  and  cooperative interests  in  realty,  their  design,   construction,   reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement, original furnishings and equipment, site development, and appurtenances of a facility.   5.   "State   aid"  shall  mean  financial  support  provided  through appropriations of the office to support the provision of  substance  use disorder  treatment, compulsive gambling, prevention or other authorized services, with the  exclusion  of  appropriations  for  the  purpose  of medical assistance.   6.  "Voluntary  agency  contributions"  shall  mean revenue sources of voluntary agencies exclusive of state aid and local tax levy.   7. "Approved net operating cost" shall mean  the  remainder  of  total operating  expenses approved by the office, less all sources of revenue, including voluntary agency contributions and local tax levy.   8. "Voluntary agency" shall mean a corporation organized  or  existing pursuant  to  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  for  the purpose of providing  substance  use  disorder,  treatment,  compulsive   gambling, prevention or other authorized services.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.03 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.03 - Financial Support and Disbursement of Funds.

§ 25.03 Financial support and disbursement of funds.  (a)  In  accordance  with  the  provisions of this article, and within appropriations made available, the office may provide  state  aid  to  a program  operated by a local governmental unit or voluntary agency up to one hundred per centum of the  approved  net  operating  costs  of  such program  operated  by a local governmental unit or voluntary agency, and state aid may  also  be  granted  to  a  program  operated  by  a  local governmental  unit  or  a  voluntary agency for capital costs associated with the provision of services at a rate of up to one hundred percent of approved capital costs. Such state aid shall not be granted  unless  and until  such  program  operated by a local governmental unit or voluntary agency  is  in  compliance  with  all  regulations  promulgated  by  the commissioner regarding the financing of capital projects. Such state aid for  approved  net  operating  costs  shall  be made available by way of advance or reimbursement, through either contracts entered into  between the  office  and  such voluntary agency or by distribution of such state aid to local governmental units through  a  grant  process  pursuant  to section 25.11 of this article.  (b)  Financial  support by the office shall be subject to the approval of the director of the budget and within available appropriations.  (c) All federal financial  assistance  granted  or  allocated  to  the office  by  the  United  States  shall only be paid out on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on the certificate of the commissioner or his authorized representative.  (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the state to increase such state aid should  a  local  governmental  unit  choose  to remove  any portion of its local tax levy support of voluntary agencies, although the state may choose to do so to address an urgent public need, or conversely, may choose to  reduce  its  state  aid  up  to  the  same percentage as the reduction in local tax levy.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.05 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.05 - Reimbursement From Other Sources.

§ 25.05 Reimbursement from other sources.The  office shall not provide a voluntary agency or a program operated   by a local governmental unit  with  financial  support  for  obligations   incurred  by  or  on  behalf of such program or agency for substance use   disorder and/or compulsive gambling services for which reimbursement  is   or may be claimed under any provision of law other than this article.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.07 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.07 - Non-Substitution.

§ 25.07 Non-substitution.A  voluntary agency or a program operated by a local governmental unit   shall not substitute state monies for cash  contributions,  federal  aid   otherwise  committed  to  or intended for use in such program or by such   agency, revenues derived from the operation of such program  or  agency,   or the other resources available for use in the operation of the program   or agency.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.09 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.09 - Administrative Costs.

§ 25.09 Administrative costs.Subject  to  the  approval  of  the director of the budget, the office   shall establish a limit on the amount of financial support which may  be   advanced  or reimbursed to a voluntary agency or a program operated by a   local governmental unit for the administration of a program.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.13 - Office Is Authorized State Agency.

§ 25.13 Office is authorized state agency.  (a)  The  office  when designated by the governor is the agency of the state to administer and/or supervise the state plan or plans  concerning substance  use disorder and/or compulsive gambling services specified in the federal drug abuse office and  treatment  act  of  nineteen  hundred seventy-two   and   to   cooperate  with  the  duly  designated  federal authorities charged with the administration thereof.  (b) The office and all entities to which it provides financial support shall do all that is required and shall render necessary cooperation  to ensure  optimum  use  of  federal  aid for substance use disorder and/or compulsive gambling services.  (c) The commissioner is authorized and empowered to take  such  steps, not  inconsistent  with  law,  as  may  be  necessary for the purpose of procuring for  the  people  of  this  state  all  of  the  benefits  and assistance, financial and otherwise, provided, or to be provided for, by or  pursuant  to  any act of congress relating to substance use disorder and/or compulsive gambling services.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.15 - Optimizing Federal Aid.

§ 25.15 Optimizing federal aid.  (a)  A  program  operated  by  a  local governmental unit or voluntary agency shall, unless a specific written waiver of  this  requirement  is made by the office, cause applications to be completed on such forms and in  such  manner  as  directed  by the office and submit the same to the office for the purpose of causing a determination to be made whether the cost of the services provided individuals and groups qualify for federal aid which may be available for services provided pursuant to titles  IV, XVI, XIX and XX of the federal social security act, or any other federal law.    A  program  operated by a local governmental unit or a voluntary agency shall furnish to the office such other data as  may  be  required and  shall  render such cooperation as may be necessary to maximize such potential federal  aid.  All  information  concerning  the  identity  of individuals  obtained and provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be kept confidential.  (b) To the extent that federal aid may be available for any  substance use   disorder   and/or   compulsive   gambling  services,  the  office, notwithstanding any other inconsistent provision of law,  and  with  the approval  of  the  director  of the budget, is hereby authorized to seek such federal aid on behalf of voluntary agencies and a program  operated by  a  local governmental unit either directly or through the submission of claims to another state agency authorized to submit the  same  to  an appropriate  federal agency. The office is further authorized to certify for payment to voluntary agencies and a  program  operated  by  a  local governmental  unit  any  federal  aid  received  by  the  state which is attributable to the activities financed by such programs and agencies.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 25.17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services 25.17 - Fees for Services.

§ 25.17 Fees for services.Voluntary  agencies  and programs operated by local governmental units   funded in whole or in part by the office shall establish, subject to the   approval of the office, fee schedules for substance use disorder  and/or   compulsive  gambling  services,  not  specifically  covered by the rates   established pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law or   title two of article five of the social services law. Such fees shall be   charged for substance use disorder and/or compulsive  gambling  services   furnished to persons who are financially able to pay the same, provided,   that  such  services  shall  not be refused to any person because of his   inability to pay therefor.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 29.01 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 29 - General Provisions Relating to In-Patient Facilities 29.01 - Regulations and Forms.

§ 29.01 Regulations and forms.The  commissioner  shall  have the power to make regulations governing   admissions to hospitals, schools,  and  alcoholism  facilities  and  the   identification  and  processing  of  patients.  He  shall  prescribe and   furnish forms for use in procedures for admission.  Admission  shall  be   had only upon such forms.