Bill Text: NY A01460 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires members of the state police, city police departments and sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs to be trained in the administration of opioid antagonists and to carry opioid antagonists in their vehicles and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A01460 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01460-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1460
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. JENNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, the county law and the general munic-
          ipal law, in relation to requiring members of the state  police,  city
          police  departments  and  sheriff's  departments  to be trained in the
          administration of opioid antagonists; and providing for the repeal  of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  221-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  221-e.  Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As used
     4  in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a) "Opioid" means  an  opiate  as  defined  in  section  thirty-three
     6  hundred two of the public health law.
     7    (b)  "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
     8  approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes  in  whole
     9  or  in  part  the  pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
    10  opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other  medications  approved
    11  by the department of health for this purpose.
    12    2.  All members of the state police shall be required to be trained in
    13  the administration of opioid antagonists and shall carry  opioid  antag-
    14  onists in their vehicles when on duty, whenever reasonably practical.
    15    3. All members of the state police shall:
    16    (a)  complete an initial training program, which may include a depart-
    17  ment of health registered opioid overdose prevention training program;
    18    (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
    19    (c) contact the emergency medical system  during  any  response  to  a
    20  victim  of  a suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist
    21  is being used;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (d) comply with protocols for response to victims  of  suspected  drug
     2  overdose; and
     3    (e)  report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to the
     4  department of health.
     5    § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read  as
     6  follows:
     7    §  663. Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As used in
     8  this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     9    (a) "Opioid" means  an  opiate  as  defined  in  section  thirty-three
    10  hundred two of the public health law.
    11    (b)  "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug administration-
    12  approved drug that, when administered, negates or neutralizes  in  whole
    13  or  in  part  the  pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. The
    14  opioid antagonist is limited to naloxone or other  medications  approved
    15  by the department of health for this purpose.
    16    2.  All sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs shall be required
    17  to be trained in the administration  of  opioid  antagonists  and  shall
    18  carry opioid antagonist in their vehicles when on duty, whenever reason-
    19  ably  practical;  provided, however, that county governments may opt out
    20  of this provision by adopting a resolution stating their reasons for not
    21  participating.
    22    3. All sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs shall:
    23    (a) complete an initial training program, which may include a  depart-
    24  ment of health registered opioid overdose prevention training program;
    25    (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
    26    (c)  contact  the  emergency  medical  system during any response to a
    27  victim of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist  is
    28  being used;
    29    (d)  comply  with  protocols for response to victims of suspected drug
    30  overdose; and
    31    (e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to  the
    32  department of health.
    33    §  3.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
    34  209-ff to read as follows:
    35    § 209-ff. Opioid antagonist training and use. 1. Definitions. As  used
    36  in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
    37    (a)  "Opioid"  means  an  opiate  as  defined  in section thirty-three
    38  hundred two of the public health law.
    39    (b) "Opioid antagonist" means a federal food and drug  administration-
    40  approved  drug  that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole
    41  or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid  in  the  body.  The
    42  opioid  antagonist  is limited to naloxone or other medications approved
    43  by the department of health for this purpose.
    44    2. All members of a police department  organized  at  the  city  level
    45  shall  be  required to be trained in the administration of opioid antag-
    46  onists and shall carry opioid antagonists  in  their  vehicles  when  on
    47  duty,  whenever  reasonably  practical;  provided,  however,  that  city
    48  governments may opt out of this provision by adopting a resolution stat-
    49  ing their reasons for not participating.
    50    3. All members of a police department  organized  at  the  city  level
    51  shall:
    52    (a)  complete an initial training program, which may include a depart-
    53  ment of health registered opioid overdose prevention training program;
    54    (b) complete a refresher training program at least every two years;
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     1    (c) contact the emergency medical system  during  any  response  to  a
     2  victim  of suspected drug overdose and advise if an opioid antagonist is
     3  being used;
     4    (d)  comply  with  protocols for response to victims of suspected drug
     5  overdose; and
     6    (e) report all responses to victims of suspected drug overdose to  the
     7  department of health.
     8    §  4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
     9  law and shall expire and be deemed repealed six years after such date.