(a) Section 19.07(e) of the Mental Hygiene Law authorizes the Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to adopt standards including necessary rules and regulations pertaining to chemical dependence services.

(b) Section 19.09(b) of the Mental Hygiene Law authorizes the Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to adopt regulations necessary and proper to implement any matter under his or her jurisdiction.

(c) Section 32.01 of the Mental Hygiene Law authorizes the Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to adopt any regulation reasonably necessary to implement and effectively exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred by article 32 of the Mental Hygiene Law.

(d) Section 32.07(a) of the Mental Hygiene Law authorizes the Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to adopt regulations to effectuate the provisions and purposes of article 32 of the Mental Hygiene Law.

(e) Sections 43.01 and 43.02 of the Mental Hygiene Law grant the Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services the power and responsibility to adopt regulations that are necessary and proper to implement matters under his/her jurisdiction and to establish standards and methods of payment made by government agencies pursuant to title 11 of article 5 of the Social Services Law for eligible chemical dependence services certified by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

(f) Section 364 of the Social Services Law provides that each office within the Department of Mental Hygiene shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining standards for medical care and services in institutions serving Medicaid patients.

(g) Pursuant to section 23 of part C of chapter 58 of the Laws of 2009, the commissioner is authorized, with the approval of the Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Budget, to promulgate regulations pursuant to article 32 of the Mental Hygiene Law utilizing the ambulatory patient group (APG) methodology described in section 841.14(c) of this Part for the purpose of establishing standards and methods of payments made by government agencies pursuant to title 11 of article 5 of the Social Services Law for chemical dependence outpatient clinic services otherwise subject to the provisions of this Part.