January 26, 2023
One of the benefits of membership with the NYS Council is our constant coverage of legislation that is being introduced/re-introduced during the legislative session. This ongoing task is performed by our government relations consultants at Reid, McNally and Savage. We will continue to share information regarding bills of import to NYS Council members throughout the session.
In our recent review of legislation we would like your comment on the following bill/s (see below).
While a brief summary of this legislation is included, full text of the legislation is available upon entering the bill number in the search field included at the top of the following page:
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| Bill No. | |
| S2675 | FERNANDEZ — Designates August thirty-first as “Overdose Awareness Day” No same as SUMM : Amd §168-a, Exec L Designates August thirty-first of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as “Overdose Awareness Day”. 01/24/23 REFERRED TO FINANCE |
| S2700 | HARCKHAM — Requires hospitals to provide medically supervised detoxification services No same as SUMM : Amd §2803-u, Pub Health L Requires hospitals to provide medically supervised detoxification services to all patients requiring such services; provides, that if the hospital is at ninety percent capacity or greater, such hospital shall connect the patient to an alternative facility within such patient’s network to access such medically supervised detoxification services without any increased risk to the health or life of the patient. 01/24/23 REFERRED TO HEALTH |
| S2704 | HARCKHAM — Relates to setting comprehensive outpatient services No same as SUMM : Amd §§364-m & 488, Soc Serv L; amd §2801, Pub Health L; amd §§31.02 & 32.05, Ment Hyg L Authorizes the commissioners of the department of health, the office of mental health, and the office of addiction services and support to jointly establish a single set of licensing standards and requirements for the construction, operation, reporting and surveillance of comprehensive outpatient services centers. 01/24/23 REFERRED TO HEALTH |
| S2776 | RIVERA — Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth No same as SUMM : Amd §2999-dd, Pub Health L; amd Part V §7, Chap 57 of 2022 Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth; removes the sunset date of such expansion. 01/24/23 REFERRED TO HEALTH |