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This bill requires annual reporting on substance use disorder treatment and outcomes for incarcerated individuals in New York correctional facilities.
Why it matters
Mandates detailed, annual public reporting. on how many incarcerated individuals are screened for, diagnosed with, and treated for substance use disorders—providing new transparency into the scope and management of addiction in prisons.
Requires data on treatment outcomes. , including how many people start and finish treatment programs, and specifically tracks failures to complete due to disciplinary actions unrelated to treatment, highlighting potential systemic barriers.
Directs the development of treatment guidelines. based on best practices and tailored to individual needs, including consideration of mental illness, trauma, and harm reduction strategies—potentially improving the quality and effectiveness of care.
Aims to support better post-release outcomes. by ensuring programs promote successful transitions to community-based treatment, which could reduce recidivism and support public health.
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History
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Amended on third reading 4943b
- Amended on third reading (t) 4943a
- Ordered to third reading cal.190
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.130
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- Rules report cal.130
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
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Report Prison Drug Treatment
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Luis R. Sepúlveda
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4943--B Cal. No. 190
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading -- again amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual reporting on substance use disorder in incarcerated individuals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section 118-f of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(h) The office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] addiction services and supports shall monitor programs providing care and treatment to [inmates] incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities operated by the department of corrections and community supervision who have a history of alcohol or substance [abuse] use disorder or dependence. The office shall also develop guidelines for the operation of alcohol and substance [abuse] use disorder treatment programs in such correctional facilities, based on best practices, and tailored to the nature of the individual's substance use, history of past treatment, and history of mental illness or trauma, which may include harm reduction strategies, in order to ensure that such programs sufficiently meet the needs of [inmates] incarcerated individuals with a history of alcohol or substance [abuse] use disorder or dependence and promote the successful transition to treatment in the community upon release. No later than the first day of December of each year, the office shall submit a report regarding: (1) the adequacy and effectiveness of alcohol and substance [abuse] use disorder treatment programs operated by the department of corrections and community supervision; (2) the total number of incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities that have been screened for,
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and determined to have, a substance use disorder; (3) information regarding which substances incarcerated individuals are most dependent upon and the available treatment for such individuals within each correctional facility; (4) the total number of individuals who participate in each of the treatment programs operated by the department of corrections and community supervision; and (5) the total number of individuals who participated in a substance use disorder treatment program but failed to complete such program, as well as whether such failure to complete the program was a result of disciplinary action taken by the facility against the individual for instances unrelated to their participation in the treatment program. The department of corrections and community supervision shall provide the office with information needed to complete this report. Such report shall be sent to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction, and the chairman of the assembly committee on correction.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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