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Assembly Bill A6061

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain school nurses to administer an opioid antagonist

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2015-A6061 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3446
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3309, Pub Health L

2015-A6061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain school nurses to administer an opioid antagonist.

2015-A6061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6061

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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.  Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
sion 3 of section 3309 of the public health law, as amended  by  chapter
42  of the laws of 2014, are renumbered subparagraphs (iv) and (v) and a
new subparagraph (iii) is added to read as follows:
  (III) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRA-
RY, A SCHOOL NURSE HAVING UNDERTAKEN  TRAINING  IN  AN  OPIOID  OVERDOSE
PREVENTION  PROGRAM APPROVED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
MAY ADMINISTER, DIRECTLY OR  INDIRECTLY,  AN  OPIOID  ANTAGONIST  TO  AN
OPIOID ANTAGONIST RECIPIENT.
  S  2.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
3309 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 42 of the  laws  of
2014,  is  renumbered  subparagraph  (v)  and a new subparagraph (iv) is
added to read as follows:
  (IV) "SCHOOL NURSE" MEANS A PERSON LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED TO  PRACTICE
NURSING  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THE EDUCATION
LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08409-01-5

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