Bill Text: NY S01905 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires that the siting, construction and establishment of methadone program facilities in cities with a population of one million or more be dispersed in the boroughs of such cities in proportion to the population of each such borough.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS [S01905 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01905-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1905--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
          Abuse  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to require that the siting,  construction  and  establishment  of
          methadone  program  facilities  in  cities  having a population of one
          million or more be dispersed in the boroughs of such cities in propor-
          tion to the population of each such borough

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

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with-
     2  in  cities having a population of one million or more, methadone program
     3  facilities registered with the office of addiction services and supports
     4  pursuant to section 19.16 of the mental hygiene  law  within  each  such
     5  city  shall  be  sited,  constructed  and/or  established throughout the
     6  boroughs of such city in proportion to each borough's population to  the
     7  city's  total population. Provided, however, that the provisions of this
     8  section shall not apply to the siting, construction or establishment  of
     9  any methadone program facility for which the appropriate community board
    10  or,  if  there be no community board, the appropriate neighborhood board
    11  shall have granted an exemption from such provisions.
    12    § 2. Methadone program facilities  sited,  constructed  and/or  estab-
    13  lished  within  cities  having a population of one million or more after
    14  the effective date of this act shall be first located in those  boroughs
    15  of  the  city  which have the lowest concentration of such facilities in
    16  proportion to the borough population to the city's population. Once each
    17  borough has achieved proper proportionality pursuant  to  this  section,
    18  siting,  construction,  and/or  establishment  of  such facilities shall
    19  continue within a city having a population of one million or  more  with
    20  such proportionality requirements in mind.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05662-03-3
        S. 1905--A                          2

     1    §  3.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, no
     2  methadone program facility shall be sited,  constructed  or  established
     3  within  a  city  having  a  population of one million or more unless the
     4  appropriate community board, or, if there be  no  community  board,  the
     5  appropriate   neighborhood   board   shall  have  approved  the  siting,
     6  construction or establishment of such facility.
     7    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.