Bill Text: NY A03308 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the director of the division of probation and correctional alternatives and the division of parole, subject to the authority of the chairman, to provide probation officers, and parole officers, respectively, with substance abuse training and education programs; provides that such training shall include, but not be limited to, identification of controlled substances, identification of the physical signs of substance abuse and use, an awareness of the impact of substance abuse and use on the family unit, and the availability of drug treatment, prevention, education services, and appropriate referrals; requires such programs to be developed in conjunction with the division of substance abuse services; appropriates $500,000 therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to correction [A03308 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03308-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3308
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Correction
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law  and  the mental hygiene law, in
         relation to requiring training for probation and  parole  officers  in
         substance abuse and making an appropriation therefor
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 243 of the executive law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3    5.  THE  DIRECTOR SHALL PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
    4  PROGRAMS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
    5  LIMITED TO: IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES;  IDENTIFICATION  OF
    6  THE  PHYSICAL SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE; AN AWARENESS AND UNDERSTAND-
    7  ING OF THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE ON THE  FAMILY  UNIT;  AND  THE
    8  AVAILABILITY  OF  DRUG  TREATMENT,  PREVENTION,  EDUCATION SERVICES, AND
    9  APPROPRIATE REFERRALS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE  CONDUCTED  IN  CONJUNCTION
   10  WITH THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
   11    S  2.  Section  259-c  of the executive law is amended by adding a new
   12  subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   13    18. PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PAROLE
   14  OFFICERS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:  IDENTIFI-
   15  CATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; IDENTIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL SIGNS OF
   16  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE/USE;  AN AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/USE
   17  ON THE FAMILY UNIT; AND THE AVAILABILITY OF DRUG TREATMENT,  PREVENTION,
   18  EDUCATION  SERVICES,  AND  APPROPRIATE  REFERRALS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE
   19  CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE
   20  ABUSE SERVICES.
   21    S  3.  Section  19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
   22  new subdivision (l) to read as follows:
   23    (L) THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES SHALL DEVEL-
   24  OP A SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00721-01-5
       A. 3308                             2
    1  DIVISION OF PAROLE AND THE DIVISION OF PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTER-
    2  NATIVES TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS PROVIDED IN
    3  SECTIONS  TWO  HUNDRED  FORTY-THREE  AND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-C OF THE
    4  EXECUTIVE LAW.
    5    S  4.  The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or so much
    6  thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated  to  the  office  of
    7  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services from any moneys in the state
    8  treasury in the general fund to the credit of the state purposes account
    9  not otherwise appropriated for services and expenses of the said  office
   10  for  the  purposes  of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such sum
   11  shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the  state  comptroller  on
   12  vouchers  certified  or  approved by the commissioner of said office, or
   13  his duly designated representative in the manner  provided  by  law.  No
   14  expenditure shall be made from this appropriation until a certificate of
   15  approval  of  availability shall have been issued by the director of the
   16  budget and filed with the state comptroller and a copy  filed  with  the
   17  chairman  of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assem-
   18  bly ways and means committee.  Such certificate may be amended from time
   19  to time by the director of the budget and a copy of each such  amendment
   20  shall  be  filed  with the state comptroller, the chairman of the senate
   21  finance committee and the  chairman  of  the  assembly  ways  and  means
   22  committee.
   23    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.