Bill Text: NY S03446 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes certain school nurses to administer an opioid antagonist.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S03446 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S03446-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3446 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to opioid overdose prevention THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (b) of subdivi- 2 sion 3 of section 3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 3 42 of the laws of 2014, are renumbered subparagraphs (iv) and (v) and a 4 new subparagraph (iii) is added to read as follows: 5 (III) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRA- 6 RY, A SCHOOL NURSE HAVING UNDERTAKEN TRAINING IN AN OPIOID OVERDOSE 7 PREVENTION PROGRAM APPROVED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION 8 MAY ADMINISTER, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO AN 9 OPIOID ANTAGONIST RECIPIENT. 10 S 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 11 3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the laws of 12 2014, is renumbered subparagraph (v) and a new subparagraph (iv) is 13 added to read as follows: 14 (IV) "SCHOOL NURSE" MEANS A PERSON LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE 15 NURSING PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THE EDUCATION 16 LAW. 17 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08409-01-5