Bill Text: NY A05123 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the approval of licenses for alcoholism programs, substance abuse programs, and chemical dependence programs within five hundred feet of a school, public park, or church, synagogue, or other place of worship.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to alcoholism and drug abuse [A05123 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05123-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5123

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 11, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  prohibiting  the
          approval   of   licenses  for  alcoholism  programs,  substance  abuse
          programs, and chemical dependence programs within five hundred feet of
          a school, public park, or church, synagogue, or other place of worship

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 19.21 of the mental hygiene law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  223  of  the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (a) The office shall inspect and approve or disapprove the  facilities
     5  of  and  the  services  provided by alcoholism programs, substance abuse
     6  programs, and chemical dependence programs, and any program or  facility
     7  purporting  to  provide  such services. The office shall not approve any
     8  facility of or services provided by any  alcoholism  program,  substance
     9  abuse program, or chemical dependence program, or any program or facili-
    10  ty  purporting to provide such services where such facility is, or where
    11  the location of such services are, located within five hundred feet of a
    12  school, public park, or church, synagogue, or other place of worship.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08464-01-1