N.Y. County Law § 396-h: Powers of the authority

§ 396-h. Powers of the authority. The authority, by and through its

board, shall have the following functions, powers and duties:

1. To coordinate and assist in activities in the county relating to

drug control;

2. To establish in-patient and out-patient treatment facilities for

persons with substance use disorders. Such facilities shall include, but

shall not be limited to:

a. detoxification centers and clinics for the out-patient treatment of

persons with substance use disorders;

b. a treatment center where persons with substance use disorders may

obtain professional counseling from physicians, psychologists,

psychiatrists and where possible, other persons with substance use

disorders;

c. half-way houses to provide continuing treatment for persons with

substance use disorders.

3. To create a referral program whereby persons with substance use

disorders and persons and agencies concerned with their treatment will

make use of the aforementioned treatment facilities;

4. To encourage and, when so requested, assist cooperative efforts

among local narcotic guidance councils and state agencies in developing

solutions to the drug problem;

5. To establish one or more treatment districts within the county

based on geography and population density; and to employ a referral

counselor in each treatment district;

6. To encourage and foster, if possible, the use of former drug

abusers and persons formerly addicted to drugs as staff personnel;

7. To assist narcotic guidance councils of a city, town or village

within the county in the development of preventative educational

programs;

8. To act as agent for the county in accepting any public or private

funds which may be made available to a county to control the problems of

drug abuse;

9. To make a continuing evaluation of the preventative educational

techniques and pharmacological and psychiatric treatment procedures used

in the county;

10. To utilize former drug abusers and ex-addicts in educational

counseling and make periodic evaluations of their effectiveness;

11. To establish youth centers to provide individual and group therapy

and develop constructive work habits;