LGBTQ-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 trauma-informed programs in New York

Family, rejection and recovery

Many LGBTQ people carry experiences of family rejection or strained relationships into treatment. Research on LGBTQ young people has linked family rejection with higher rates of substance use and depression, while family acceptance is protective.

Good programs make room for chosen family and offer family sessions when they help. Our guide on family rejection and recovery covers this in more depth.

What "LGBTQ-friendly" should mean

Plenty of programs call themselves LGBTQ-friendly. On this site, a program only appears if it reports to SAMHSA that it runs a program or group for LGBTQ clients. The programs on this page also report trauma-related counseling and accept private insurance.

Read LGBTQ-friendly vs LGBTQ-specific rehab to understand the difference.

LGBTQ-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

Cost and coverage

The cost of treatment depends mostly on the level of care, length of stay and your insurance. Residential care costs the most; outpatient therapy the least. Many programs on SAMHSA's directory accept private insurance, and some offer sliding-scale fees. See our insurance guides.

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