Bill Text: NY S00835 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish guidelines for onsite opioid overdose response capacity in nightlife establishments; repeals provisions establishing the nightlife opioid antagonist program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-03 - SIGNED CHAP.83 [S00835 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00835-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           835

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  guidelines  for
          onsite  opioid overdose response capacity in nightlife establishments;
          and to repeal section 3309-b of such law  relating  to  the  nightlife
          opioid antagonist program

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 3309-b of the public health  law,  as  added  by  a
     2  chapter  of  the laws of 2022 amending the public health law relating to
     3  establishing the nightlife opioid antagonist  program,  as  proposed  in
     4  legislative bills numbers S. 8633-A and A. 9697-A, is REPEALED.
     5    §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 3 of section 3309 of the public
     6  health law is amended by adding  a  new  subdivision  (vi)  to  read  as
     7  follows:
     8    (vi)  "Nightlife establishment" means an establishment that is open to
     9  the public for entertainment or leisure, serves alcohol or where alcohol
    10  is consumed on the premises, and conducts a large volume of business  at
    11  night.  Such  term  includes, but is not limited to, bars, entertainment
    12  venues, clubs and restaurants.
    13    § 3. Section 3309 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
    14  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    15    8. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for onsite opioid over-
    16  dose response capacity in nightlife establishments.
    17    §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    18  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public  health  law
    19  relating  to  establishing  the  nightlife opioid antagonist program, as
    20  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8633-A  and  A.  9697-A,  takes
    21  effect.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04024-01-3