N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 19.17: Programs, services, and operation of facilities in the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services

§ 19.17 Programs, services, and operation of facilities in the office of

alcoholism and substance abuse services.

(a) The commissioner shall establish policy and procedure for the

organization, administration, and operation of facilities under his or

her jurisdiction. He or she shall make provision for the efficient

rendition of services to patients by such facilities.

(b) The commissioner shall establish the areas which each facility

under his or her jurisdiction shall serve and the categories of patients

which each such facility shall receive, retain, or treat. The

commissioner shall provide for priority of admission for persons whose

children have been placed in foster care or are in jeopardy of being so

placed pursuant to article ten of the family court act or article six of

the social services law.

(c) The commissioner may permit the other offices of the department

and any public or private non-profit organization or political

subdivision of the state to operate programs for the mentally disabled

not inconsistent with the programs and objectives of the department, in

any facility under his or her jurisdiction. The commissioner may permit

any facility under his or her jurisdiction to operate programs for the

mentally disabled, not inconsistent with the programs and objectives of

the department, under contracts or agreements with other offices within

the department.

(d) The commissioner shall direct and carry on basic clinical,

epidemiological, social science, evaluative, and statistical research in

chemical abuse and dependence either individually or in conjunction with

other agencies, public or private, and, within the amounts made

available by appropriation therefor, develop pilot programs. In

pursuance of the foregoing and notwithstanding any other provision of

law, the office may establish, direct, and carry on experimental pilot

clinical programs providing for early intervention and for treatment of

chemical abuse and dependence. Such treatment may include the

administration, under medical supervision and control, of experimental

substances.

(e) The office shall have the authority to gather information and

maintain statistical and other records relating to chemical abuse and

dependence services in the state. Any person licensed or otherwise

permitted to dispense, administer, or conduct research with respect to a

controlled substance in the course of a licensed professional practice

or research license pursuant to article thirty-three of the public

health law and all public officials having duties to perform with

respect to controlled substances or users of such substances shall

report and supply such information to the office in relation thereto as

the office shall by rule, regulation, or order require consistent with

appropriate state and federal law relative to the confidentiality of

patient records.

(f) There shall be in the office the facilities named below for the

care, treatment and rehabilitation of the mentally disabled and for

clinical research and teaching in the science and skills required for

the care, treatment and rehabilitation of such mentally disabled.

R.E. Blaisdell Addiction Treatment Center

Bronx Addiction Treatment Center

C.K. Post Addiction Treatment Center

Creedmoor Addiction Treatment Center

Dick Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center

Kingsboro Addiction Treatment Center

McPike Addiction Treatment Center

Richard C. Ward Addiction Treatment Center

J.L. Norris Addiction Treatment Center

South Beach Addiction Treatment Center

St. Lawrence Addiction Treatment Center

Stutzman Addiction Treatment Center

(g) The office shall have the authority to establish an information

policy and data reporting procedure for the collection, use, and

disclosure of data from providers of chemical dependence services,

including procedures to ensure the protection of patient-identifying

information and data gathered pursuant to section 19.16 of this article,

which shall be deemed confidential except as otherwise provided by law

including, but not limited to, articles six and six-A of the public

officers law.