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This bill requires quarterly reports on the status and outcomes of heroin and opioid epidemic initiatives in New York.
Why it matters
Improves transparency and accountability. by requiring detailed, regular updates on a wide range of state-run and federally-funded opioid and heroin response initiatives, making it easier for lawmakers and the public to track progress and identify gaps.
Provides data-driven insights. into the effectiveness of various programs—including treatment, crisis detox, youth and family support, and outreach—by mandating breakdowns of enrollment, completion, discharges, demographics, and regional impact.
Facilitates targeted policy and funding decisions. by compiling information on the real-world outcomes of different approaches, helping to determine which initiatives are working and where additional resources or new strategies may be needed.
Ensures ongoing monitoring. rather than one-time assessments, with quarterly reporting requirements that support more timely interventions and continuous improvement in the state’s response to the opioid crisis.
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Track Opioid Program Results
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- Signed chap.493
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- 3rd reading cal.1013
- Substituted for S4650
- Referred to finance
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.220
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
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- Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
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Track Opioid Program Outcomes
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1068
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows:
(m) (1) The office shall report on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chairs of the assembly and senate committees on alcoholism and drug abuse, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and the chair of the senate finance committee.
(2) Such reports shall include, to the extent practicable and applicable, information on:
(i) The number of individuals enrolled in the initiative in the preceding quarter;
(ii) The number of individuals who completed the treatment program in the preceding quarter;
(iii) The number of individuals discharged from the treatment program in the preceding quarter;
(iv) The age and sex of the individuals served;
(v) Relevant regional data about the individuals;
(vi) The populations served; and
(vii) The outcomes and effectiveness of each initiative surveyed.
(3) Such initiatives shall include opioid treatment programs, crisis detoxification programs, 24/7 open access centers, adolescent club houses, family navigator programs, peer engagement specialists, recovery community and outreach centers, regional addiction resource centers and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the state implementation of the federal opioid state targeted response initiatives.
(4) Such information shall be provided quarterly, beginning no later than July first, two thousand nineteen.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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