2023 New York Laws › MHY - Mental Hygiene › Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act › Article 19 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse › 19.15 - Programs of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

§ 19.15 Programs  of  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
services.
(a) With  the  advice  of  the  advisory  council  on  alcoholism  and
substance   abuse   services,   and   with   the   assistance   of   any
interdepartmental  council  or   committee   heretofore   or   hereafter
established   that   shall   be  charged  with  the  responsibility  for
interdepartmental cooperation and  program  development  in  alcoholism,
substance   abuse,  and  chemical  dependency,  the  commissioner  shall
promote, establish, coordinate, and  conduct  programs  for  prevention,
diagnosis,  treatment,  aftercare,  rehabilitation,  and  control in the
fields  of  alcoholism,  alcohol  abuse,  substance   abuse,   substance
dependence,  and  chemical  dependence  in  cooperation  with such other
federal, state, local, and private agencies as are necessary and, within
the amount made  available  by  appropriation  therefor,  implement  and
administer such programs.
(b) The commissioner shall cooperate with, guide, and assist political
subdivisions,   local  agencies,  local  governmental  units,  community
service boards, and/or providers of  services  in  the  development  and
periodic review of local comprehensive plans and programs for alcoholic,
alcohol  abusing,  substance abusing, substance dependent and chemically
dependent  persons  and  their  families  and  approve  such  plans  and
programs.
(c)  The  activities  described  in  subdivisions  (a) and (b) of this
section may be  undertaken  in  cooperation  and  agreement  with  other
offices  of the department and with other departments or agencies of the
state, local or federal government,  or  with  other  organizations  and
individuals,  including,  but  not limited to, the research institute on
addictions as established in article one hundred five of  the  education
law.
(d)  The commissioner shall provide for the development of systems and
programs through which individuals in the  state's  public  and  private
work  force who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or substances, and
their families or significant others are  identified  and  referred  for
assistance,  ensuring  that  these  systems  and  programs shall provide
emphasis upon the special needs of working women.
(e)  The  commissioner  shall  implement  a  program  of   alcoholism,
substance  abuse,  and  chemical  dependence  prevention  and  treatment
services adapted to the needs and interests of young  people,  including
the children of alcoholic and/or substance abusing persons.
(f)  Reports.  (1) The commissioner shall make an annual report to the
governor and the legislature by March first of each year  assessing  the
progress  in  implementing  the  programs and policies contained in this
title and including an accounting of the amounts, sources  and  uses  of
funds  expended  for  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse services and for
prevention and education.
(2) The office shall on or before the first day of April in each  year
file  a written report with the governor, the temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly summarizing the  results  of  any
special  system  or  program  directed at the special needs of women and
children  affected  by  alcoholism,  alcohol  abuse,  substance   abuse,
substance  dependence, or chemical dependence. Such report shall include
but not be limited to a statistical analysis  of  the  effectiveness  of
such   programs   initiated   by  the  office  together  with  suggested
legislation deemed necessary or proper for  the  implementation  of  new
programs or future success and development of existing programs.
(g) The office shall study, investigate, and recommend to the governor
and  the  legislature  methods  of  increasing  third party payments for

programs treating persons who abuse or are dependent on  alcohol  and/or
substances, and their families.
(h) The office shall administer community and school based alcoholism,
substance  abuse,  and  chemical  dependence  prevention  and  education
programs.
(i) The commissioner shall develop plans, and cause  to  be  promoted,
programs   and   services  related  to  compulsive  gambling  education,
prevention and treatment consistent with section 41.57 of this  chapter.
He  or  she  shall  take  all  actions that are necessary, desirable, or
proper to implement the purposes of this chapter and to  carry  out  the
purposes  and  objectives  of  the  department  within  the amounts made
available therefor by appropriation, grant,  gift,  devise,  bequest  or
allocation   from   the   problem  and  compulsive  gambling  education,
prevention and treatment fund established under section ninety-nine-i of
the state finance law, as amended by section one of part  Y  of  chapter
sixty-three of the laws of two thousand three.