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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S04948 Summary: BILL NO S04948A &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR HARCKHAM &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §19.18-d, Ment Hyg L &nbsp Relates to reimbursement for non-medical transportation for individuals with a substance use disorder to receive peer support services.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

4948--A

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

February 14, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders -- recommitted to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to reimbursement for non-medical transportation for individuals with a substance use disor- der to receive peer support services

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

1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 2 19.18-d to read as follows: 3 § 19.18-d Reimbursement for transportation to peer support services. 4 The office shall establish reimbursement rates for non-medical trans- 5 portation for individuals with a substance use disorder to receive 6 services from a peer certified by the office of addiction services and 7 supports. As part of the development of such rates, the office, in 8 consultation with the department of health, shall pursue federal Medi- 9 caid participation and reimbursement. The office shall also consider 10 the use of any federal grants, including state opioid response grants 11 and supplemental substance abuse prevention and treatment block grants, 12 to support such reimbursement. Such reimbursement rates shall be estab- 13 lished by April first, two thousand twenty-seven. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 16 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 17 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 18 completed on or before such effective date.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01569-02-6

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