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This bill establishes a four-year pilot program creating infant recovery centers to treat newborns suffering from drug withdrawal.
Why it matters
Addresses the care gap for newborns with drug withdrawal by creating specialized centers. , which may lead to better health outcomes and reduce the burden on hospitals that are often not equipped for this specific care.
Includes support services for parents before and after discharge. , aiming to improve family stability and reduce the risk of relapse or child welfare involvement by offering continued assistance as infants transition home.
Requires ongoing state oversight and evaluation. , meaning the program’s effectiveness and quality will be systematically measured and reported to the legislature, which could drive future policy decisions and funding for similar initiatives.
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Open Infant Recovery Centers
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Gustavo Rivera
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1141
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Title 1 of article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new section 2509 to read as follows:
§ 2509. Infant recovery centers pilot program. There shall be established an infant recovery centers pilot program whereby the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of alcohol and substance abuse services, shall establish at least four infant recovery centers in areas of need in the state. Such centers shall provide cost effective, necessary services and enhance the quality of care for targeted populations in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of such program. Eligible infants shall be under one year of age and suffer from withdrawal resulting from in utero exposure to drugs. Such infant withdrawal may be the result of conditions including, but not limited to, neonatal abstinence syndrome. The program shall provide more appropriate settings and cost effective care for these infants than hospitals, while also providing supports and services to parents preparing to bring their infants home. Access to such supports shall continue for a period after the infant has left a center.
The department shall be responsible for monitoring the quality, appropriateness and effectiveness of the centers and shall report to the legislature within one year of the establishment of the infant recovery centers and again within two years of the effective date of this section on the program's effectiveness.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be deemed repealed 4 years after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01559-01-9
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