Bill Text: NY S05672 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the creation and disbursement of addiction treatment educational materials; provides that every hospital and physician in the state shall distribute such materials to every patient being treated for a controlled substance overdose.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S05672 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05672-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5672
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 25, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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 the  creation  and
          disbursement of addiction treatment educational materials
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  3309-b to read as follows:
     3    §  3309-b.  Addiction  treatment educational materials. 1. The commis-
     4  sioner  shall  create  and/or  utilize  existing  educational  materials
     5  regarding addiction treatment and treatment resources that are available
     6  through  the  department.  Such  educational  materials may include, but
     7  shall not be limited to, pamphlets, leaflets and brochures.
     8    2. The department shall make such educational materials  available  to
     9  all hospitals and physicians within the state.
    10    3.  Every hospital and physician shall then distribute the educational
    11  materials to all patients being treated for a controlled substance over-
    12  dose by such hospital or physician.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11179-01-7