LGBTQ Addiction Treatment 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 IOP and day programs in New York

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

How IOP and PHP work

Day and evening programs let you keep a job, school or caregiving while getting structured treatment. They are also the usual step down after residential care. Ask programs near New York whether their LGBTQ group meets on the same days as the core program.

LGBTQ Addiction Treatment 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

Paying for treatment

Most private health insurance plans cover addiction treatment, including detox, residential care and outpatient programs, though coverage depends on your plan and whether the program is in network. Ask about prior authorization before you go, and see our insurance guides.

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