Bill Text: NY S04660 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires informational materials regarding the use of opioid antagonists for first aid or emergency treatment to provide information of the application of good samaritan laws to protect against liability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-06-06 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S04660 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04660-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4660
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 20, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism  and  Substance
          Abuse
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to information
          regarding the use of opioid antagonists for  first  aid  or  emergency
          treatment
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 3309 of the public  health  law,
     2  as  added by chapter 34 of the laws of 2014 and as renumbered by section
     3  3 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    3-a. Any distribution of opioid antagonists through this program shall
     6  include  an informational card or sheet. The informational card or sheet
     7  shall include, at a minimum, information on:
     8    (a) how to recognize symptoms of an opioid overdose;
     9    (b) steps to take prior to and after an opioid antagonist is  adminis-
    10  tered, including calling first responders;
    11    (c)  the  number  for the toll free office of alcoholism and substance
    12  abuse services HOPE line;
    13    (d) how to  access  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
    14  services' website; [and]
    15    (e)  the application of good samaritan protections provided in section
    16  three thousand-a of this chapter; and
    17    (f) any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner.
    18    The educational card shall be provided in languages other than English
    19  as deemed appropriate by the commissioner.  The  department  shall  make
    20  such  informational  cards  available  to the opioid overdose prevention
    21  programs.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    23  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06770-01-9