# N.Y. CNT Law § 396-H: Powers of the authority

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACNT_A7-C_S396-H

## Section

- **Citation:** N.Y. CNT Law § 396-H
- **Heading:** Powers of the authority
- **Jurisdiction:** New York
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** New York Code / Act CNT / Article 7-C / Section 396-H

## Text

§ 396-h. Powers of the authority. The authority, by and through its\nboard, shall have the following functions, powers and duties:\n 1. To coordinate and assist in activities in the county relating to\ndrug control;\n 2. To establish in-patient and out-patient treatment facilities for\npersons with substance use disorders. Such facilities shall include, but\nshall not be limited to:\n a. detoxification centers and clinics for the out-patient treatment of\npersons with substance use disorders;\n b. a treatment center where persons with substance use disorders may\nobtain professional counseling from physicians, psychologists,\npsychiatrists and where possible, other persons with substance use\ndisorders;\n c. half-way houses to provide continuing treatment for persons with\nsubstance use disorders.\n 3. To create a referral program whereby persons with substance use\ndisorders and persons and agencies concerned with their treatment will\nmake use of the aforementioned treatment facilities;\n 4. To encourage and, when so requested, assist cooperative efforts\namong local narcotic guidance councils and state agencies in developing\nsolutions to the drug problem;\n 5. To establish one or more treatment districts within the county\nbased on geography and population density; and to employ a referral\ncounselor in each treatment district;\n 6. To encourage and foster, if possible, the use of former drug\nabusers and persons formerly addicted to drugs as staff personnel;\n 7. To assist narcotic guidance councils of a city, town or village\nwithin the county in the development of preventative educational\nprograms;\n 8. To act as agent for the county in accepting any public or private\nfunds which may be made available to a county to control the problems of\ndrug abuse;\n 9. To make a continuing evaluation of the preventative educational\ntechniques and pharmacological and psychiatric treatment procedures used\nin the county;\n 10. To utilize former drug abusers and ex-addicts in educational\ncounseling and make periodic evaluations of their effectiveness;\n 11. To establish youth centers to provide individual and group therapy\nand develop constructive work habits;\n

## Nearby sections

- [N.Y. CNT Law § 396-G Creation; board; employees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACNT_A7-C_S396-G.md)
- [N.Y. CNT Law § 396-H Powers of the authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACNT_A7-C_S396-H.md)
- [N.Y. CNT Law § 396-I Reports of the authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACNT_A7-C_S396-I.md)
- [N.Y. CNT Law § 396-J Acquisition of real property; financing of expenditures](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACNT_A7-C_S396-J.md)

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