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NY A09145
Bill
Status
1/27/2012
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Titone
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AI Summary
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Prohibits methadone treatment centers from being established, approved, maintained, or continued within 500 feet of public or private secondary schools, elementary schools, day-care centers, parks, churches, synagogues, or other places of worship, unless the center is located within a hospital
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Requires distance measurements to be taken in a straight line from the center of the nearest entrance of the protected facility to the center of the nearest entrance of the methadone treatment center
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Defines "entrance" as doors regularly used by students, parents, children, worshippers, or patients, excluding emergency exits, fire exits, maintenance doors, and doors without exterior hardware
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Specifies that walkways or stairs leading to entrances of facilities set back from public thoroughfares are considered entrances for measurement purposes
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Takes effect seven months after becoming law
Legislative Description
Regulates the establishment and location of a methadone treatment center by prohibiting its establishment or continued operation within five hundred feet of an educational institution at the secondary level or below, day care center, park, church, synagogue or other place of worship unless located within a hospital.
Last Action
held for consideration in mental health
6/12/2012