Assembly Bill A10726

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to providing limited exemptions from professional misconduct, reporting opioid overdose data to the counties, and hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8138 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2015-A10726 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8138
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6509-d, Ed L; amd §3309, add §2803-u, Pub Health L

2015-A10726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing limited exemptions from professional misconduct (Part A); relates to reporting opioid overdose data to the counties (Part B); relates to hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures (Part C).

2015-A10726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10726

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 14, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick) --
  (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to providing limited
  exemptions from professional misconduct (Part A); to amend the  public
  health law, in relation to reporting opioid overdose data to the coun-
  ties  (Part  B);  and  to  amend the public health law, in relation to
  hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures (Part C)

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

  Section  1.  This  act enacts into law major components of legislation
related to addressing the issue of heroin and  opioid  addictions.  Each
component  is  wholly  contained  within  a  Part  identified as Parts A
through C. The effective date for each  particular  provision  contained
within  such  Part  is  set  forth in the last section of such Part. Any
provision in any section contained within a Part, including  the  effec-
tive  date  of  the  Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this
act", when used in connection with that particular component,  shall  be
deemed  to  mean  and  refer to the corresponding section of the Part in
which it is found. Section three of this  act  sets  forth  the  general
effective date of this act.

                                 PART A

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6509-d
to read as follows:
  S  6509-D.  LIMITED  EXEMPTION FROM PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT.  NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  IT  SHALL  NOT  BE
CONSIDERED  PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT PURSUANT TO THIS SUB-ARTICLE FOR ANY
PERSON  WHO  IS LICENSED UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHO WOULD
OTHERWISE BE PROHIBITED FROM PRESCRIBING OR ADMINISTERING DRUGS PURSUANT
TO THE ARTICLE THAT LICENSES SUCH INDIVIDUAL, TO  ADMINISTER  AN  OPIOID
ANTAGONIST IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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