Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab in New York

Treatment rules and programs in New York

Who oversees treatment

New York's Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) certifies addiction treatment providers; a provider needs the OASAS Commissioner's approval before opening a facility or offering a new service.

Prescription monitoring

New York's prescription monitoring program is the PMP Registry (part of I-STOP, the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing), run by the Department of Health's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. It gives prescribers access to patients' dispensed controlled substance histories.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

New York's 911 Good Samaritan law (Penal Law 220.78) protects a person who seeks help in good faith for an overdose, and the person overdosing, from prosecution for certain drug and paraphernalia possession offenses. Sale for money is excluded.

Court-ordered treatment

New York's Mental Hygiene Law section 22.09 allows a person who is incapacitated by alcohol or substances and likely to harm themselves or others to be taken to a treatment facility and held involuntarily for emergency evaluation, for up to 72 hours.

Featured residential programs in New York

Mental health and substance use together

Depression, anxiety and trauma often show up alongside substance use, and SAMHSA data show higher rates of mental illness among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults. Treating both at once usually works better than treating them separately.

If that sounds familiar, look at LGBTQ dual diagnosis treatment.

What gay-friendly rehab looks like

The programs on this page are residential or hospital programs that report both an LGBTQ program or group and a program for adult men to SAMHSA. That doesn't mean they serve only gay men; it means they have structured groups where gay, bisexual and queer clients can talk openly.

Residential care gives you distance from triggers, a daily structure of therapy and support, and time to rebuild routines in New York or wherever home is.

Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab by city in New York

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• New York
• Brooklyn
• Queens
• Manhattan
• Bronx
• Buffalo
• Rochester
• Albany
• Staten Island
• Syracuse
• Poughkeepsie
• Yonkers
• Binghamton
• Utica
• New Rochelle
• Saratoga Springs
• Mount Vernon
• Schenectady
• Glens Falls
• Brentwood
• Elmira
• Middletown
• White Plains
• Ithaca
• Kingston
• Watertown
• Levittown
• Troy
• Niagara Falls
• Freeport
• Hicksville
• West Babylon
• Jamestown
• Coram
• East Meadow
• Valley Stream
• Oswego
• Commack
• Elmont
• New City
• Lockport
• Long Beach
• Huntington Station
• Spring Valley
• Rome
• Franklin Square
• Uniondale
• Centereach
• Central Islip
• Oceanside
• Auburn
• North Tonawanda
• Bay Shore
• Port Chester
• Harrison
• Plattsburgh
• Shirley
• Geneva
• Gloversville
• Deer Park
• Glen Cove
• West Islip
• Kiryas Joel
• Lindenhurst
• Cortland
• Plainview
• Dix Hills
• Holbrook
• Baldwin
• Rockville Centre
• Medford
• Peekskill
• Dunkirk
• Ilion
• Copiague
• Monsey
• Garden City
• East Patchogue
• Massapequa
• North Bay Shore
• Amsterdam
• Oneida
• Olean
• North Bellmore
• Lake Ronkonkoma
• East Northport
• Merrick
• Selden
• Hauppauge
• West Hempstead
• Brockport
• Holtsville
• Syosset
• Lynbrook
• Corning
• Mineola
• North Valley Stream
• North Massapequa
• North Amityville
• Ronkonkoma
• Wantagh
• Scarsdale
• Lackawanna
• Melville
• Bethpage
• East Massapequa
• Nanuet
• Woodmere
• Oneonta
• Massapequa Park
• North Babylon
• Roosevelt
• Cohoes
• Batavia
• Pearl River
• Kings Park
• Port Jervis
• Sayville
• Floral Park
• Port Washington
• Eggertsville
• Farmingville
• Mastic
• Bellmore
• Westbury
• South Farmingdale
• North New Hyde Park
• Seaford
• Kenmore
• Depew
• New Cassel
• Hampton Bays
• Tonawanda
• Greenlawn
• Jefferson Valley-Yorktown
• Johnson City
• Beacon
• Jericho
• St. James
• Rocky Point
• Newark
• Nesconset
• Manorville
• East Islip
• Fort Drum
• Ridge
• Terryville
• Mastic Beach
• Endicott
• Stony Brook
• Patchogue
• North Merrick
• Salisbury
• Miller Place
• North Wantagh
• Endwell
• Elwood
• North Bellport
• Tarrytown
• Wyandanch
• Fulton
• Mount Sinai
• Woodbury
• Walden
• Lake Grove
• Dobbs Ferry
• Suffern
• Mount Kisco
• Hornell
• Ogdensburg
• North Lindenhurst
• Hudson
• South Huntington
• Fredonia
• Middle Island
• Great Neck
• West Haverstraw
• Fairmount
• Sleepy Hollow
• New Hyde Park
• Port Jefferson
• Saranac Lake
• Calverton
• Wappingers Falls
• Blauvelt

Using your insurance

Before you call a program, have your insurance card ready and ask three things: is the program in network, does this level of care need prior authorization, and what will you owe after the deductible. Our insurance guides walk through major carriers.

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