Bill > A08955

This bill amends the mental hygiene law to rename a scholarship program as the "NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program" and codify its specific purposes. The scholarship will provide financial education assistance to students pursuing a bachelor's degree in addiction studies or seeking an addiction services and supports credential at specific institutions: Alfred State College, Stony Brook University, and Empire State University. The program will be administered by the office of addiction services and supports using funds provided by the governor, and the commissioner is authorized to seek assistance from the University of the State of New York in managing the program. The bill ensures the scholarship program will continue to operate as it has in the past and allows the commissioner to create necessary rules and regulations for its implementation. The act will take effect 30 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization to develop any required regulations in preparation for the program's launch.

Health and Social Services

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8955