New York Consolidated Laws, Mental Hygiene Law - MHY § 36.04. Certified community behavioral health clinics

(a) The commissioners are authorized to jointly certify community behavioral health clinics, subject to the availability of state and federal funding.

(b) Certified community behavioral health clinics shall provide coordinated, comprehensive behavioral health care, including mental health and addiction services, primary care screening, and case management services, in accordance with certified community behavioral health clinic standards established by the United States department of health and human services substance abuse and mental health services administration and the commissioners of the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports.

(c) The commissioners shall require each proposed certified community behavioral health clinic to submit a plan, which shall be approved by the commissioners prior to the issuance of an operating certificate pursuant to this article. Such plan shall include:

(d) Where a certified community behavioral health clinic has been established and is participating on the effective date of this section in the federal certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration awarded to the state by the United States department of health and human services substance abuse and mental health services administration, the previously established clinic may be certified where the clinic demonstrates compliance with the certification standards established pursuant to this article.

(e) The commissioners shall promulgate any rule or regulation necessary to effectuate this section.