Senate Bill S7101

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to a public awareness educational program on heroin; appropriation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7101 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9741
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S1560
2017-2018: S2351
2019-2020: S4437
2021-2022: S4755
2023-2024: S5858

2013-S7101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a public awareness educational program on heroin; and makes an appropriation therefor.

2013-S7101 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7101

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 28, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, BRESLIN, DILAN, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY, KRUEGER,
  PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Finance

AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to a public aware-
  ness educational program on heroin; and making an appropriation there-
  for

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  19.09  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
  (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  CREATE  A  MULTI-FACETED  PUBLIC  OUTREACH
PROGRAM  TO  RAISE AWARENESS OF THE INHERENT DANGERS AND COSTS OF HEROIN
USE. THE PROGRAM SHALL CONSIST OF SUCH PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS  AND
INTERACTIVE  MEDIA SPOTS DESIGNED TO REACH THE BROADEST POSSIBLE GENERAL
AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THOSE DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET THOSE  SOCIAL
AND  AGE  GROUPS  THAT  ARE  MOST AT RISK FOR EXPERIMENTING WITH HEROIN,
THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY USING HEROIN,  AND  THOSE  WHO  ARE  SEEKING  OR
UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR HEROIN ADDICTION.  THE CONTENT OF SUCH OUTREACH
EFFORTS  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO, SUCH TOPICS AS: THE
DANGERS OF ADDICTION AFTER ONLY ONE USE; SECTION  220.78  OF  THE  PENAL
LAW, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NEW YORK STATE'S GOOD SAMARITAN LAW; THE CURRENT
DEMOGRAPHICS  OF  HEROIN ADDICTION; THE RECOGNIZABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SYMP-
TOMS OF ADDICTION; THE AVAILABILITY AND THE  CRITICAL  EFFECTIVENESS  OF
ADMINISTERING  AN  OPIOID ANTAGONIST IN CASES OF SUSPECTED OVERDOSE; AND
THE AVAILABILITY OF THE OFFICE'S HOPELINE.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  POST
THE  ANNOUNCEMENTS,  EXAMINE  ALL  POSSIBLE  METHODOLOGIES, AND TAKE ALL
OTHER EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, TO  ENSURE  THAT
THE  ANNOUNCEMENTS  ARE  VIEWED  BY  THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE.   THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO PROVIDE  COPIES  OF  THE  ANNOUNCEMENTS  ON  ITS
WEBSITE  IN  A  HIGHLY  VISIBLE LOCATION THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE FREELY
DOWNLOADED BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
  S 2. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or  so  much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of
mental  hygiene  out  of any moneys in the state treasury in the general

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

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