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                                  10295

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2016
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, the education law and the public
  health law,  in  relation  to  the  dispensing  and  administering  of
  opiates, opium, and the salts, compounds, derivatives and preparations
  thereof

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

  Section 1.  Section 19.07 of the mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision (l) to read as follows:
  (L)  THE  OFFICE  OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES SHALL (I)
ESTABLISH AND DISTRIBUTE TO EVERY PHARMACY, REGISTERED PURSUANT TO ARTI-
CLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW, CARDS OR PAMPHLETS TO
BE PROVIDED TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM  ANY  OPIATE,  OPIUM,  OR  ANY  SALT,
COMPOUND,  DERIVATIVE  OR  PREPARATION  THEREOF  DEFINED AS A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW
IS  LAWFULLY  DISPENSED;  AND (II) ESTABLISH FOR EACH HOSPITAL, OPERATED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,  A  STATEMENT
TO  BE INCLUDED ON THE DISCHARGE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO EACH PATIENT TO
WHOM ANY OPIATE, OPIUM, OR ANY SALT, COMPOUND, DERIVATIVE OR PREPARATION
THEREOF DEFINED  AS  A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  IN  SECTION  THIRTY-THREE
HUNDRED  SIX  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IS ADMINISTERED WHILE ADMITTED TO
THE HOSPITAL.  SUCH  CARDS,  PAMPHLETS  AND  DISCHARGE  STATEMENT  SHALL
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  1. THE RISKS OF USING OR CONSUMING SUCH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES;
  2. THE PHYSICAL, BEHAVIORAL AND ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS OF ADDICTION TO
SUCH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES;
  3.  THE  HOPELINE  TELEPHONE CONTACT NUMBER (1-877-8-HOPE-NY) AND TEXT
NUMBER (HOPENY) FOR THE HOPELINE OPERATED BY THE OFFICE;
  4.  THE  PROCEDURES  FOR  THE  SAFE  DISPOSAL  OF  UNUSED   CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES   ESTABLISHED   PURSUANT   TO  SECTION  THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED
FORTY-THREE-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW; AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  5. SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DETERMINE  TO  BE
NECESSARY  OR  INFORMATIVE RELATING TO THE USE, CONSUMPTION OR ABUSE OF,
OR ADDICTION TO SUCH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
  S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6832 to read
as follows:
  S  6832.  DISPENSING OPIATES, OPIUM, AND THE SALTS, COMPOUNDS, DERIVA-
TIVES AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF. UPON THE AUTHORIZED  DISPENSING  OF  ANY
OPIATE,  OPIUM, OR ANY SALT, COMPOUND, DERIVATIVE OR PREPARATION THEREOF
DEFINED AS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, A LICENSED PHARMACIST SHALL  INCLUDE,  WITH  SUCH
CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE,  THE CARD OR PAMPHLET ESTABLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED
BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION (1) OF SECTION 19.07 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
  S  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-u
to read as follows:
  S 2803-U. DISCHARGE INFORMATION  FOR  PATIENTS  ADMINISTERED  OPIATES.
UPON  THE  DISCHARGE  OF A PATIENT FROM A HOSPITAL, WHO WAS ADMINISTERED
ANY OPIATE, OPIUM, OR ANY  SALT,  COMPOUND,  DERIVATIVE  OR  PREPARATION
THEREOF  DEFINED  AS  A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  IN  SECTION THIRTY-THREE
HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, WHILE ADMITTED TO SUCH HOSPITAL, THE HOSPI-
TAL SHALL INCLUDE, IN THE DISCHARGE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE PATIENT,
THE DISCHARGE STATEMENT ESTABLISHED BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (1) OF SECTION 19.07 OF
THE  MENTAL HYGIENE LAW. FURTHERMORE, BEFORE SUCH PATIENT IS DISCHARGED,
HE OR SHE SHALL SIGN A STATEMENT THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS
SUCH DISCHARGE STATEMENT.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately, except that sections  two
and  three  of  this  act shall take effect on the first of January next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.