N.Y.
County Law Section 396-H
Powers of the authority
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 addicted to the use of drugs and drug abusers. Such facilities shall include, but shall not be limited to:a.
detoxification centers and clinics for the out-patient treatment of drug abusers and addicts;b.
a treatment center where drug abusers and addicts may obtain professional counseling from physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and where possible, former drug abusers and addicts;c.
half-way houses to provide continuing treatment for drug abusers and addicts.3.
To create a referral program whereby drug abusers, addicts 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;
Source:
Section 396-H — Powers of the authority, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CNT/396-H (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
