{"content":[{"text":"STATE OF NEW YORK \n ________________________________________________________________________ \n 1795 \n 2021-2022 Regular Sessions \n IN SENATE \n January 15, 2021 \n ___________","bbox":{"left":0.130768,"top":0.058457,"width":0.741176,"height":0.1886}},{"text":"Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, BIAGGI, KAPLAN, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PARKER, \n RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when \n printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and \n Correction","bbox":{"left":0.130768,"top":0.259664,"width":0.741176,"height":0.060309}},{"text":"AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of \n a program for the use of medication assisted treatment for inmates; \n and to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the implementation \n of substance use disorder treatment and transition services in jails","bbox":{"left":0.130768,"top":0.332581,"width":0.7411760000000001,"height":0.060309}},{"text":"The People of the State of New \n bly, do enact as follows:","bbox":{"left":0.130768,"top":0.404503,"width":0.329411,"height":0.03314400000000001}},{"text":"York, represented","bbox":{"left":0.470474,"top":0.404503,"width":0.17499899999999996,"height":0.018560999999999994}},{"text":"in Senate and Assem-","bbox":{"left":0.655768,"top":0.404503,"width":0.2058819999999999,"height":0.018560999999999994}},{"text":"1 \n 2 \n 3 \n 4 \n 5 \n 6 \n 7 \n 8 \n 9 \n 10 \n 11 \n 12 \n 13 \n 14 \n 15 \n 16 \n 17 \n 18 \n 19 \n 20 \n 21","bbox":{"left":0.089592,"top":0.449247,"width":0.020587999999999995,"height":0.30822599999999994}},{"text":"Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 626 \n to read as follows: \n § 626. Medication assisted treatment in correctional facilities. 1. \n For purposes of this section \"medication assisted treatment\" means \n treatment of chemical dependence or abuse and concomitant conditions \n with medications requiring a prescription or order from an authorized \n prescribing professional. \n 2. (a) The commissioner, in conjunction with the office of alcoholism \n and substance abuse services, shall establish a program to be adminis- \n tered at correctional facilities within the department in the state, for \n the purpose of employing medication assisted treatment for inmates in \n such facilities who are undergoing treatment for a substance use disor- \n der. Such program shall include all forms of medication assisted treat- \n ments approved for the treatment of a substance use disorder by the \n Federal Food and Drug Administration for the duration of an inmate's \n incarceration and shall provide an individualized treatment plan for \n each participant. After a medical screening, inmates who are determined \n to suffer from a substance use disorder, for which FDA approved \n addiction medications exist shall be offered placement in the medication \n assisted treatment program. Placement in such program shall not be \n mandatory. Each participating inmate shall work with an authorized","bbox":{"left":0.130768,"top":0.449247,"width":0.7411760000000001,"height":0.30923400000000006}},{"text":"EXPLANATION--Matter","bbox":{"left":0.141062,"top":0.770081,"width":0.195588,"height":0.01655899999999999}},{"text":"in italics (underscored) is new; \n [ ] is old law to be omitted.","bbox":{"left":0.346945,"top":0.769087,"width":0.32941000000000004,"height":0.03213600000000005}},{"text":"matter in brackets","bbox":{"left":0.68665,"top":0.770081,"width":0.18529400000000007,"height":0.01655899999999999}},{"text":"LBD00451-01-1","bbox":{"left":0.73812,"top":0.799247,"width":0.13382300000000003,"height":0.01655899999999999}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}