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Assembly Bill A10017

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to opioid overdose prevention

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2013-A10017 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3309, Pub Health L

2013-A10017 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to opioid overdose prevention; includes a requirement for an informational card or sheet to be distributed when any opioid antagonist is distributed.

2013-A10017 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10017

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 6, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dinowitz,
  Cymbrowitz, Gottfried, Lentol)  --  read  once  and  referred  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:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 3309 of the public health
law are renumbered subdivisions 4 and 5 and a new subdivision 3 is added
to read as follows:
  3. ANY DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS THROUGH SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL
INCLUDE AN INFORMATIONAL CARD OR SHEET.  THE INFORMATIONAL CARD OR SHEET
SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON:
  (A) HOW TO RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE;
  (B) STEPS TO TAKE, PRIOR TO AND AFTER AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST IS ADMINIS-
TERED;
  (C) HOW TO ACCESS LOCAL TREATMENT SERVICES UTILIZING EITHER THE OFFICE
OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES' WEBSITE OR HELPLINE; AND
  (D) ANY OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  THE EDUCATIONAL CARD SHALL BE PROVIDED IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15521-02-4

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