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NY A08099
Bill
Status
6/11/2021
Primary Sponsor
Chantel Jackson
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AI Summary
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Establishes "comprehensive outpatient services centers" that provide integrated mental health, addiction, and physical health services in a single coordinated facility.
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Authorizes the commissioners of health, mental health, and addiction services to jointly create unified licensing standards and requirements for these centers, including scope of services, application review processes, integrated treatment records, and billing structures.
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Providers must demonstrate experience delivering physical, mental health, and addiction services and capacity to offer comprehensive services approved by all three departments to obtain authorization.
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Prohibits requiring providers of primary care, mental health, or addiction services to obtain separate operating certificates if authorized to provide integrated services under the new framework.
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Effective January 1, 2022, with commissioners authorized to issue implementing rules and regulations immediately.
Legislative Description
Authorizes the commissioners of the department of health, the office of mental health, and the office of addiction services and support to jointly establish a single set of licensing standards and requirements for the construction, operation, reporting and surveillance of comprehensive outpatient services centers.
Last Action
referred to mental health
1/5/2022