S 1888: Relates to addiction counseling services for incarcerated individuals.
The proposed law aims to provide addiction counseling services for incarcerated individuals suffering from substance use disorders. A program will be established at correctional facilities to offer counseling services, which will be administered by the commissioner in conjunction with the Office of Addiction Services and Supports. After a medical screening, incarcerated individuals with a substance use disorder will be offered placement in the addiction counseling program. The program will provide individualized treatment plans, including counseling, and will not be mandatory for participation. Standards and guidelines for the program will be established to ensure consistency across all correctional facilities. The law will take effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1888 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to addiction counseling services for incarcerated individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 628 2 to read as follows: 3 § 628. Addiction counseling program. The commissioner, in conjunction 4 with the office of addiction services and supports, shall establish a 5 program to be administered at correctional facilities within the depart- 6 ment in the state, for the purpose of offering addiction counseling 7 services for any incarcerated individual in such facilities suffering 8 from a substance use disorder. After a medical screening, incarcerated 9 individuals who are determined to suffer from a substance use disorder 10 shall be offered placement in an addiction counseling program. Placement 11 in such program shall not be mandatory. Each participating incarcerated 12 individual shall work with an authorized specialist to determine an 13 individualized treatment plan, including an appropriate level of coun- 14 seling. 15 § 2. Section 45 of the correction law is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision 20 to read as follows: 17 20. Establish standards and guidelines for a program of addiction 18 counseling services for incarcerated individuals in county jails and/or 19 county correctional facilities equivalent to the program established in 20 state correctional facilities pursuant to section six hundred twenty- 21 eight of this chapter. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03591-01-5