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History
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.189
- Rules report cal.189
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
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BILL NUMBER:A10104
Title of bill
An act requiring the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to develop educational materials regarding screening for alcoholism and chemical dependency to health care providers
Summary of provisions
This bill would require the Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, in consultation with, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, to provide and publish educational materials for health care providers regarding screening, assessment, and diagnosis of alcoholism and chemical dependency.
Justification
Physicians and related health care providers are well positioned to detect possible alcohol or substance abuse related prob- lems during routine patient visits, provided the appropriate screening procedures are implemented. In a review of multiple studies, screening was credited with reducing problem drinking by an average of 17.4 percent over time periods ranging from six months to two years according to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. However, only 8.7 percent of people with drinking problems reported receiving any screen- ing or advice from their primary-care physician.
In a recent Assembly roundtable discussion regarding alcohol and chemi- cal dependency services available to women, held jointly by the Assembly Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the Assembly Task Force on Women's Issues, and attended by community providers and advocates, it was discussed that health care providers often do not screen for alco- holism and chemical dependency. Furthermore, it was discussed that when health care providers do screen for addiction, the health care provider typically does not know what questions to ask, or how to elicit a truth- ful answer from the patient regarding alcohol or drug use.
This bill promotes screenings by health care providers by giving provid- ers access to educational materials that will assist them in screening for addiction.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal impact
Not yet determined.
Effective date
Immediately.
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